Altitudinal distribution: subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a species perhaps related to Thelignya lignyota but with a black thallus of aggregated squamules which are less than 1 mm wide, and with innate, minute apothecia; the generic placement is in need of re-evaluation; based on a type from Finland where it was found on mica-schist, ecology and overall distribution poorly documented, with a record from the Western Alps (France).
