Lecania nylanderiana A. Massal.
Syn.: Lecania athroocarpa (Nyl.) Trevis., Lecania cooperta (Ach.) Poetsch
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
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: a temperate species found on vertical to underhanging surfaces of calcareous rocks; several records from the Alps need confirmation.
Austria: Tirol; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria;