Buellia leptocline (Flot.) A. Massal.

Syn.: Buellia gevrensis Th. Fr., Buellia hypopodioides (Nyl.) Arnold, Buellia leptocline (Flot.) A. Massal. var. mougeotii (Hepp ex Arnold) Th. Fr., Lecidea hypopodioides Nyl., Lecidea leptocline Flot., Lecidea mougeotii Hepp
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 alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)
Note: a mainly boreal-montane species found on steeply inclined to underhanging, hard siliceous rocks.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Graubünden; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;