Acarospora sinopica (Wahlenb.) Körb.
Syn.: Acarospora smaragdula (Wahlenb.) A. Massal. var. sinopica (Wahlenb.) A. Massal., Endocarpon sinopicum Wahlenb., Polysporinopsis sinopica (Wahlenb.) Vězda, Zeora sinopica (Wahlenb.) Flot.
Lichenised.
Substrate: metal-rich siliceous rocks
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 probably holarctic species of iron-rich rocks and mine-spoil heaps in exposed situations; widespread, but local, throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Burgenland; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;