Ramboldia elabens (Fr.) Kantvilas & Elix

Syn.: Lecidea elabens Fr., Lecidea melancheima Tuck., Pyrrhospora elabens (Fr.) Hafellner
Lichenised.
Substrate: lignum
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a subarctic-subalpine to boreal-montane, probably circumpolar species found on hard wood, often with Calicium tigillare.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte;