Imshaugia aleurites (Ach.) S.L.F. Mey.
Syn.: Cetraria aleurites (Ach.) Th. Fr., Imbricaria aleurites (Ach.) Lam. & DC., Lichen aleurites Ach., Parmelia aleurites (Ach.) Ach., Parmelia diffusa (Hoffm.) Sandst. non auct., Parmeliopsis aleurites (Ach.) Nyl., Parmeliopsis pallescens (Hoffm.) Zahlbr., Parmeliopsis placorodia sensu Jatta non auct.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a circumboreal-montane to cool-temperate species found on acid bark, mostly of conifers and on decorticated stumps, with optimum near treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria;