Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup

Syn.: Caloplaca fulgens (Sw.) Körb., Fulgensia fulgens (Sw.) Elenkin, Lecanora fulgens (Sw.) Ach., Lichen fulgens Sw., Placodium fulgens (Sw.) DC., Psoroma fulgens (Sw.) A. Massal., Squamaria fulgens (Sw.) Hook.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks, calciferous soil
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a subtropical to temperate lichen found on calcareous rocks and thin layers of soil, often in rock fissures, usually below the subalpine belt.
Austria: Tirol; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Graubünden; Ticino; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;