Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii (Körb.) Arup, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch
Syn.: Lecanora cascadensis H. Magn., Lecanora garovaglii (Körb.) Zahlbr., Lecanora nevadensis H. Magn., Placodium garovaglii Körb., Placodium peruvianum Müll. Arg., Squamaria garovaglii (Körb.) Anzi
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine to boreal-montane species found on basic siliceous rocks, especially in warm-dry valleys at low altitudes.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;