Calvitimela armeniaca (DC.) Hafellner

Syn.: Lecidea armeniaca (DC.) Fr., Lecidea nigrita Schaer., Lecidea viridiatra Ach., Lecidella armeniaca (DC.) Bagl., Oedemocarpus armeniacus (DC.) Trevis., Psora armeniaca (DC.) A. Massal., Rhizocarpon armeniacum DC., Tephromela armeniaca (DC.) Hertel & Rambold
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: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on hard siliceous rocks in wind-exposed situations; when young, it is a facultative parasite of Sporastatia testudinea; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; 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; Liguria;