Polysporina simplex (Taylor) Vězda

Syn.: Acarospora simplex (Taylor) Jatta., Biatorella simplex (Taylor) Branth & Rostr., Lecidea privigna Ach., Lecidea simplex Taylor, Lichen simplex Davies nom.illeg., Sarcogyne privigna (Ach.) A. Massal. non auct., Sarcogyne simplex (Taylor) Nyl., ?Sarcogyne simplex (Taylor) Nyl. var. minor B. de Lesd.; incl. Biatorella hymenogonia Zahlbr., Polysporina simplex (Taylor) Vězda var. hymenogonia (Zahlbr.) N.S. Golubk.
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: a holarctic early coloniser of small cracks of siliceous, sometimes base-rich or slightly calciferous rocks.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;