Violella fucata (Stirt.) T. Sprib.
Syn.: Lecidea fucata Stirt., Megalospora fucata (Stirt.) H. Olivier, Mycoblastus fucatus (Stirt.) Zahlbr., Mycoblastus sterilis Coppins & P. James
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
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 cool-temperate lichen found on bark in humid montane woodlands; perhaps overlooked in the Southern and Western Alps, being mostly sterile.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Appenzell; Bern; Fribourg; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;