Lepraria diffusa (J.R. Laundon) Kukwa

Syn.: Leproloma diffusum J.R. Laundon
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks, living mosses, calciferous soil
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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: in niches and fissures of calcareous or dolomitic boulders, but also on soil, mosses and plant debris in dry grasslands.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Luzern; Schwyz; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;