Porpidia superba (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph
Syn.: Huilia superba (Körb.) Hertel, Lecidea incrassata H. Magn., Lecidea macrocarpa (DC.) Steud. var. superba (Körb.) Th. Fr., Lecidea superba Körb.; incl. Porpidia superba (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph f. sorediata Fryday
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a mainly arctic-alpine lichen found on weakly calciferous or basic siliceous rocks in sheltered situations.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte;