Schaereria fuscocinerea (Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux var. fuscocinerea
Syn.: Aspicilia cambusiana Walt. Watson, Aspicilia complanatoides (A.L. Sm.) Walt. Watson, Aspicilia tenebrosa (Flot.) Körb., Lecanora cambusiana (Walt. Watson) Cretz., Lecanora complanatoides A.L. Sm., Lecidea atrocinerea (Schaer.) Vain., Lecidea endocyanea Stirt., Lecidea epiiodiza Nyl., Lecidea fuscocinerea Nyl., Lecidea griseoatra auct. non (Flot.) Schaer., Lecidea tenebrosa Flot., Lecidella tenebrosa (Flot.) Stein, Schaereria endocyanea (Stirt.) Hertel & Gotth. Schneid., Schaereria tenebrosa (Flot.) Hertel & Poelt
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on hard siliceous rocks in exposed situations, with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria;