Acrocordia gemmata (Ach.) A. Massal. var. gemmata

Syn.: Acrocordia alba (Schrad.) B. de Lesd., Acrocordia sphaeroides (Wallr.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia alba (Schrad.) Zahlbr., Arthopyrenia gemmata (Ach.) A. Massal., Arthopyrenia sphaeroides (Wallr.) Zahlbr., Arthopyrenia tersa auct. non Körb., Lichen gemmatus Ach., Verrucaria gemmata (Ach.) Ach.
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 rough bark of mature broad-leaved trees (both deciduous and evergreen) in open woodlands; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Fribourg; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Vaud; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;