Verrucaria foveolata (Flörke) A. Massal.

Syn.: Amphoridium foveolatum (Flörke) A. Massal., Verrucaria schraderi Sommerf. var. foveolata Flörke
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous 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: an ecologically wide-ranging species of compact limestone and dolomite, found both on the top of large boulders and on small pebbles near the ground. It belongs to the poorly understood complex of V. hochstetteri.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Unterwalden; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Isère; Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;