Aspicilia hoffmanniana (S. Ekman & Fröberg ex R. Sant.) Cl. Roux & M. Bertrand
Syn.: Aspicilia caesioalba (Le Prévost ex Duby) Hue, Aspicilia contorta (Hoffm.) Körb. subsp. hoffmanniana S. Ekman & Fröberg, Aspicilia hoffmannii auct. non (Ach.) Flagey, Lecanora calcarea (L.) Sommerf. var. hoffmannii (Ach.) Sommerf., Lecanora hoffmannii (Ach.) Müll. Arg.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
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: an early coloniser of a wide variety of calciferous or base-rich substrata, from limestone and dolomite to brick, roofing tiles and mortar walls; widespread throughout the Alps, mostly below treeline.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Switzerland: Schwyz; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria;