Cornicularia normoerica (Gunnerus) Du Rietz

Syn.: Alectoria tristis (Weber) Th. Fr., Cetraria normoerica (Gunnerus) Lynge, Cetraria tristis (Weber) Fr., Cornicularia tristis (Weber) Ach., Imbricaria tristis (Weber) Anzi, Lichen normoericus Gunnerus, Parmelia tristis (Weber) Spreng., Platysma triste (Weber) Nyl.
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 lichen found on hard, wind-exposed siliceous rocks, with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Ticino; Uri; 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;