Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen) Trevis.

Syn.: Anaptychia speciosa (Wulfen) A. Massal., Lichen speciosus Wulfen, Parmelia speciosa (Wulfen) Ach., Physcia speciosa (Wulfen) Nyl., Pseudophyscia speciosa (Wulfen) Müll. Arg.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark,
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a temperate species found on bark, epiphytic bryophytes, sometimes on mossy rocks in humid, mostly montane woodlands; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally rather rare.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;