Pycnothelia papillaria Dufour
Syn.: Biatora epimarta (Nyl.) Walt. Watson, Cenomyce papillaria Ach. nom.illeg., Cladonia papillaria Hoffm.nom.illeg., Lecidea epimarta Nyl., Lichen papillarius Ehrh. nom.illeg.
Lichenised.
Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: an arctic-alpine to cool-temperate lichen found on clay soil, often in Calluna-heaths; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;