Syn.: Candelariella holophaea (Mont.) Zahlbr. var. glaucospora (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Candelariella leucospeirea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Lecania holophaea (Mont.) A.L. Sm. var. glaucospora (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Lecania leucospeirea (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Lecanora holophaea (Mont.) Nyl. var. glaucospora Nyl., Lecanora leucospeirea Nyl., Solenopsora leucospeirea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Thalloidima leucospeireum (Nyl.) Arnold
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal distribution: mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex)
Note: a Mediterranean-Atlantic lichen found on basic siliceous substrata, including brick walls, in open to most often sheltered situations, also reported from the limit of the Southern Pre-Alps (France).
