Pyrenula nitida (Weigel) Ach.

Syn.: Arthopyrenia nitida (Weigel) H. Olivier, Bunodea nitida (Weigel) Beltr., Sphaeria nitida Weigel, Verrucaria nitida (Weigel) Schrad.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: a temperate species with optimum on basal parts of old trunks of Fagus in slightly open forests, but also on Carpinus and other deciduous trees (e.g. Quercus); widespread and often rather common throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Fribourg; Glarus; Graubünden; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;