[1] Spjut also had adopted the epithet 'ceruchoides' for a species of Vermilacinia distinguished by having isidia or isidia-like branch segments; he designated a type that had been collected on San Clemente Island by Rolf Santesson, published under the name V.

Prior to Rundel and Bowler’s description of the species, the epithet 'ceruchoides' apparently had been applied by Rolf Santesson to a specimen he had collected from Chile in 1940 (“RSant 2660”, “R(amalina) ceruchoides”) as noted in a report on lichen substances.

[1] The epithet had also been applied in later publications to specimens in California without a valid description and proper citation according to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, regarded as a nomen nudum.

[2] Vermilacinia ceruchoides was also reported by Rundel and Bowler to occur on Guadalupe Island based on a specimen collected by William Weber and C. J. McCoy (L-36641).

[2] The basal branches are undivided or unequally parted once, short and stubby, more than 1–2 mm in diameter, and inflated above middle to a bluntly rounded apex; the whole thallus similar to V. robusta but smaller.