Lecanora praesistens Nyl.

Syn.: Lecanora pleiospora J. Steiner, Lecanora pleiospora J. Steiner f. diluta J. Steiner
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a polyspored epiphytic species of the L. subfusca-group with epihymenial crystals dissolving in K (pulicaris-type); widespread in the Alps, but rarely reported.
Austria: Salzburg; Steiermark; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Isère; Savoie; Vaucluse;