Biatora mendax Anzi

Syn.: Biatora propinquata (Nyl.) Arnold, Biatora subflavida (Nyl.) Arnold, Biatorina mendax (Anzi) Jatta, Catillaria mendax (Anzi) Lettau, Lecidea mendax (Anzi) Hue, Lecidea propinquata Nyl., Lecidea subflavida Nyl.
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: an epiphytic species found in shaded and humid situations, with optimum in humid beech forests with Abies alba.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Bern; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;