Arthopyrenia analepta (Ach.) A. Massal.

Syn.: Arthopyrenia analeptella (Nyl.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia fallax (Nyl.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia lapponina Anzi, Didymella fallax (Nyl.) Vain., Leiophloea fallax (Nyl.) Riedl, Lichen analeptus Ach., Pseudosagedia fallax (Nyl.) Oxner, Verrucaria analeptella Nyl., Verrucaria fallax (Nyl.) Nyl.
Non- or doubtfully 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 most probably non-lichenised, mainly temperate, perhaps holarctic early coloniser of smooth bark found on twigs of deciduous trees, especially Carpinus and Corylus, but also on Quercus and Sorbus; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Fribourg; Luzern; Schwyz; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;