Gyalolechia bracteata (Hoffm.) A. Massal. subsp. bracteata

Syn.: Caloplaca bracteata (Hoffm.) Jatta, Caloplaca bracteata (Hoffm.) Jatta f. alpina (Th. Fr.) Zahlbr., Fulgensia bracteata (Hoffm.) Räsänen, Fulgensia bracteata (Hoffm.) Räsänen var. alpina (Th. Fr.) Räsänen, Lecanora bracteata (Hoffm.) Ach., Placodium bracteatum (Hoffm.) Nyl., Placodium fulgens (Sw.) DC. var. alpinum Th. Fr., Psora bracteata Hoffm.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous soil
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: frequently fertile, with non-septate ascospores; in the study area on soil over calcareous schists, usually on wind-exposed ridges.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Graubünden; Uri; Vaud; 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;