Bryoria nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.

Syn.: Alectoria altaica (Gyeln.) Räsänen, Alectoria implexa (Hoffm.) Röhl. var. nadvornikiana (Gyeln.) Zahlbr., Alectoria nadvornikiana Gyeln., Alectoria spinulosa Ahlner nom. nud.
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, circumpolar, shade-tolerant species of mixed upper montane to oroboreal forests, mostly on low, dead twigs and branches of conifers; widespread in the Alps, to be looked for further in the Western Alps of France.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Uri; Unterwalden; Valais; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;