Catinaria atropurpurea (Schaer.) Vězda & Poelt

Syn.: Biatora atropurpurea (Schaer.) Hepp, Biatorina atropurpurea (Schaer.) A. Massal., Catillaria adpressa (Hepp) Schuler, Catillaria atropurpurea (Schaer.) Th. Fr., Lecidea sphaeroides (Dicks.) Röhl. var. atropurpurea Schaer.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
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 mild-temperate to subtropical lichen found on trunks of old broad-leaved trees, often on parts which are seldom wetted by rain, or on undersides of thick branches; widespread in the Alps, but generally not common.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Unterwalden; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;