Bellemerea alpina (Sommerf.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux
Syn.: Aspicilia alpina (Sommerf.) Arnold, Lecanora alpina Sommerf.
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks, metal-rich siliceous rocks, bark
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a mainly arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen of hard siliceous rocks wetted by rain near or above treeline; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;