Loxospora elatina (Ach.) A. Massal.
Syn.: Haematomma elatinum (Ach.) A. Massal., ?Lecanora chloropolia (Erichsen) Almb., Lecanora elatina Ach., ?Pertusaria chloropolia Erichsen
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: an epiphytic species found on Abies and Picea, more rarely on deciduous trees (e.g. Betula); certainly overlooked in the Alps, being most often sterile, but never common.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Isère; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;