Syn.: Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th. Fr.

Saxicolous on all kinds of substrates which are at least slightly calcareous, always in artificial conditions (walls, quarries, etc.), unknown in natural habitats.

Belgium: Mar.: RR, Fl.: R, Camp.: R, Brab.: R, Mosan: AR, Ard.: AR, Lorr.: AR.

Luxembourg: Ard.: AR, Lorr.: AR.

France: Mosan, Ard., Lorr.: AR.

Lit.: La66: 466-467, NL92: 174, VGH: 114, Van Landuyt & Hoffmann (1996).