Naetrocymbe punctiformis (Pers.) R.C. Harris

Syn.: Arthopyrenia analepta auct. non Lichen analeptus Ach., Arthopyrenia cembrina (Anzi) Grummann ex D. Hawksw., Arthopyrenia padi Rabenh., Arthopyrenia punctiformis (Pers.) A. Massal., Arthopyrenia pyrenastrella (Nyl.) Norman, Arthopyrenia submicans auct. non (Nyl.) Arnold, Didymella pyrenastrella (Nyl.) Vain., Leiophloea punctiformis (Pers.) Trevis., Pyrenula punctiformis (Pers.) Trevis., Verrucaria punctiformis Pers.
Non- or doubtfully lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a holarctic, Mediterranean to boreal-montane early coloniser of smooth bark, especially on twigs of a wide variety of trees; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Schwyz; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;