Trapeliopsis gelatinosa (Flörke) Coppins & P. James
Syn.: Biatora gelatinosa (Flörke) Flot., Biatora viridescens (Schrad.) W. Mann var. gelatinosa (Flörke) Fr., Lecidea gelatinosa Flörke, Micarea gelatinosa (Flörke) Brodo
Lichenised.
Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: a boreal-montane to cool-temperate early coloniser of mineral acid soil, sometimes overgrowing bryophytes and plant debris, mostly in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;
