Caloplaca ochracea (Schaer.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Biatora aurantiaca (Lightf.) Fr. var. ochracea (Schaer.) Rabenh., Blastenia ochracea (Schaer.) Trevis., Callopisma ochraceum (Schaer.) A. Massal., Callopisma tetrastichum (Nyl.) Walt. Watson, Caloplaca aurantiaca (Lightf.) Th. Fr. var. ochracea (Schaer.) H. Olivier, Caloplaca tetrasticha (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Gyalolechia ochracea (Schaer.) Syd., Lecanora aurantiaca (Lightf.) Flot. var. ochracea (Schaer.) Nyl., Lecanora ochracea (Schaer.) Nyl., Lecidea ochracea Schaer., Placodium ochraceum (Schaer.) Anzi, Placodium tetrastichum (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Xanthocarpia ochracea (Schaer.) A. Massal. & De Not.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
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 warm-temperate species found on hard, compact limestones in more or less sheltered situations.
Austria: Kärnten; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Luzern; Schwyz; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;