Diplotomma nivale (Bagl. & Carestia) Hafellner

Syn.: Buellia margaritacea (""Sommerf."") Lynge, Buellia nivalis (Bagl. & Carestia) Hertel, Diplotomma margaritaceum auct. non (Ach.) Szatala, Leciographa nivalis Bagl. & Carestia, Polyschistes nivalis (Bagl. & Carestia) Keissl., Tryblidaria nivalis (Bagl. & Carestia) Rehm
Lichenised.
Substrate: ,
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: mainly on Caloplaca species on steeply inclined to vertical faces of more or less calciferous rocks in upland areas.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria;