in Arup, Søchting & Frödén, Nordic J. Bot. 31: 76 (2013).
Basionym: Caloplaca paulii Poelt, Mitt. Bot. Staatssammlung München 1954, 11: 21 (1954) "Auf mergeligem Kalk am Gatschkopf über der Augsburger Hütte in den Lechtaler Alpen, in der hochalpinen Stufe bei 2800 bis 2900 m; August 1953, leg. A. Schröppel und Verf.".
Synonyms: Index Fungorum
Type: Austria, Tirol, Lechtaler Alpen, auf mergeligem Kalk am Gatschkopf über der Augsburger Hütte, hochalpine Stufe, 2850 m, 8.1953, A. Schröppel & J. Poelt (M - holotype).
Thallus: crustose, irregular, up to 5 cm in diameter, yellow to redbrown, lobes not always distinctly developed, up to 1.5 mm long, highly convex. With areoles in center, scales often narrowed at the base, often gewunden and curved, up to 2 mm high. Cortex well devolped, hyphae prosoplectenchymatous. Medulla more or less dense. Apothecia mostly abundant, often gedrängt, up to 1.5 mm wide, soon double berandet. Disc often redish. Pharaphyses to 5 - 7 µm swollen at the ends. Sprores spindelig, 10 - 19 /5-8 µm, Septae 0.5-1, rarely to 2.5 µm wide (Poelt 1954: 21).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: Data lacking.
Ecology: On limestone rocks.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
Note: Listed as Physcia australis by Arnold (Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 46: 103, 1896).
Coordinates: 47°10'24"N, 10°29'21"E
47.173333°N, 10.489167°E