Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach.
Syn.: Lichen pollinarius Westr., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. bolcana A. Massal., Ramalina intermedia auct. non (Delise ex Nyl.) Nyl., Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. var. humilis Ach.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, siliceous rocks, calciferous rocks, lignum
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: a widespread, cool-temperate to subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen found on ancient isolated trees, and on vertical to underhanging surfaces of base-rich or calciferous rocks; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Appenzell; Bern; Fribourg; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Liechtenstein