Physcia leptalea (Ach.) DC.
Syn.: Lichen leptaleus Ach., Lichen semipinnatus J.F. Gmel., Physcia semipinnata (J.F. Gmel.) Moberg, Physcia subteres (Harm.) Lettau
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a Mediterranean to mild-temperate lichen, most common on twigs of shrubs below the montane belt.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Salzburg; Kärnten; Switzerland: Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;