Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: a species related to L. sulphurea, differing in the smaller apothecia with orange-brownish discs, recalling Protoblastenia rupestris in colour; on steep faces of siliceous rock in shaded situations; in the study area so far only reported from the Western Alps (France).
