Lecanora intricata (Ach.) Ach.

Syn.: Biatora polytropa (Hoffm.) Fr. var. intricata (Ach.) Fr., Lecanora mutabilis Sommerf., Lecanora polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh. var. intricata (Ach.) Schaer., Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. intricata (Ach.) Th. Fr., Parmelia intricata Ach.
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine, ecologically wide-ranging silicicolous species; common in the Alps with optimum above treeline.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;