Biatora chrysantha (Zahlbr.) Printzen

Syn.: Biatora epixanthoidiza auct., Biatora gyrophorica (Tønsberg) Coppins, Lecidea chrysantha Zahlbr., Lecidea epixanthoidiza auct., Lecidea gyrophorica Tønsberg, Lecidea incana Ach. ex Sommerf.,
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, living mosses
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: on epiphytic bryophytes in humid forests, more rarely on bark or soil; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;