Endocarpon adscendens (Anzi) Müll. Arg.

Syn.: Dermatocarpon pusillum (Hedw.) Anzi var. adscendens Anzi, Endocarpon evirescens (Nyl.) Nyl., Endocarpon pallidum auct.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a mainly temperate, perhaps holarctic lichen found on terricolous mosses, often near and on cyanobacterial colonies, with optimum in upland areas with base-rich siliceous rocks; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;