Ophioparma ventosa (L.) Norman var. cuprigena (Poelt) Hafellner & R.W. Rogers
Syn.: Haematomma ventosum (L.) A. Massal. var. cuprigenum Poelt
Lichenised.
Substrate: metal-rich siliceous rocks
Altitudinal distribution: subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a variety with a thin thallus lacking thamnolic acid in the medulla (and therefore reacting K-), and apothecia recalling those of a Caloplaca, with blood red discs and upper portions of the thalline margin; on copper-rich schists; rare in Northern and Central Europe, with a single record from the Eastern Alps (Austria).
