Verrucaria mastoidea (A. Massal.) Trevis.
Syn.: Amphoridium mastoideum A. Massal., Verrucaria hochstetteri Fr. var. mastoidea (A. Massal.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux
Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: on calciferous rocks; this rather poorly understood species differs from V. hochstetteri in the presence of a small involucrellum.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte;