Biatora sphaeroidiza (Vain.) Printzen & Holien
Syn.: Lecidea sphaeroidiza Vain.
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 boreal-montane species which occurs both on conifers and deciduous trees and shrubs (e.g. Alnus, Salix, Sorbus, Vaccinium) in rather humid areas, only reported from the Eastern Alps (Slovenia).
Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;