Lecanora concolor Ramond
Syn.: Placodium concolor (Ramond) Körb., Squamaria concolor (Ramond) Nyl.
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: on vertical to underhanging surfaces of hard siliceous rocks, with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps, where it reaches the nival belt.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Uri; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;