Lopadium pezizoideum (Ach.) Körb.

Syn.: Lecidea pezizoidea Ach., Lopadium muscicola (Sommerf.) Körb., Lopadium pezizoideum (Ach.) Körb. var. muscicola (Sommerf.) Th. Fr., Sporopodium pezizoideum (Ach.) Vain. var. muscicola (Sommerf.) Vain.
Lichenised.
Substrate: plant debris, living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)
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 circumboreal-montane lichen found on bryophytes and plant debris over siliceous rocks, with optimum above treeline.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte;