Mycoblastus sanguinarius (L.) Norman

Syn.: Lecidea didymospora Stirt., Lecidea sanguinaria (L.) Ach., Lichen sanguinarius L., Megalospora sanguinaria (L.) A. Massal., Oedemocarpus sanguinarius (L.) Trevis.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
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: a circumboreal-montane species found on lignum and bark of conifers (especially Larix), mostly in the subalpine belt; widespread throughout the Alps, but not always common.
Austria: Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Vaud; Valais; France: Isère; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;