Ochrolechia upsaliensis (L.) A. Massal.
Syn.: Lecanora parella (L.) Ach. var. upsaliensis (L.) Ach., Lichen upsaliensis L.
Lichenised.
Substrate: plant debris, living mosses, calciferous soil
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: an arctic-alpine species of calciferous soil and plant debris, with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Fribourg; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Liechtenstein