Lecidea ecrustacea (Anzi ex Arnold) Arnold

Syn.: Lecidea complicata H. Magn., Lecidea lactea Flörke ex Schaer. var. ecrustacea (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Lecidella polycarpa (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Körb. var. ecrustacea Anzi ex Arnold, Lecidea pseudopilati (Vain.) Vain.
Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a silicicolous taxon with optimum above treeline, doubtfully distinct from L. lapicida var. pantherina; reported from several localities in the Alps.
Austria: ?Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Steiermark; Switzerland: Graubünden; Uri; Valais; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;