Psorinia conglomerata (Ach.) Gotth. Schneid.

Syn.: Lecidea conglomerata Ach., Lecidea glomerans Nyl., Lecidea rugifera Vain., Lecidea silenii Vain., Psora conglomerata (Ach.) Flot., Thalloidima conglomeratum (Ach.) A. Massal., Toninia conglomerata (Ach.) Boistel, Toninia glomerans (Nyl.) Boistel
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
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, circumpolar species found on steeply inclined to underhanging surfaces of acidic to slightly basic siliceous rocks, often in fissures and cracks; most frequent above treeline.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;