Syn.: Lecidea nivaria (Arnold) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Lecidella nivaria Arnold
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: this silicicolous species seems to prefer climatically rough ridges at high altitudes; in the study area it is only known from the Austrian Alps.
