Polyblastia fuscoargillacea Anzi

Syn.: incl. Polyblastia fuscoargillacea Anzi var. cinerea Müll. Arg.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks, siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: an early coloniser of calciferous rocks, including small pebbles on the ground, with optimum near or above treeline; probably widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte;