Xanthoria parietina (L.)Th.Fr., Lich. Arct. 67. 1860; D. Awasthi, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Pl. Sci. 230. 1986 & Comp. Macrolich. India, Nepal & Sri Lanka : 536. 2007.
Lichen parietinusL., Sp. Pl. 1143. 1753.
India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Tamil Nadu); widely distributed in all landmasses except Antarctica and high-Arctic. Cosmopolitan.