Varicellaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) I. Schmitt & Lumbsch

Syn.: Pertusaria hemisphaerica (Flörke) Erichsen, Pertusaria speciosa Høeg, Variolaria hemisphaerica Flörke
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: a mild-temperate species found on old deciduous trees, especially oaks, in open, mostly deciduous forests; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Luzern; Schwyz; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Isère; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;