Syn.: Lecidea granulosa (Hoffm.) Ach.

On acid soil, usually over mosses or plant debris, also on rotting wood, abundant in heathlands and disused quarries of siliceous rocks.

Belgium: Mar.: RRR, Camp.: AR, Brab.: R, Mosan: AR, Ard. C, Lorr.: AR.

Luxembourg: Ard.: AR, Lorr.: AR.

France: Mar.: RR, Boul.: RRR, Lorr.: RR.

Lit.: Ba: 9, Boul.: 73, Di: 225, Ho: 218, 237, 627, Mü1: 143, NL77: 21, NL84: 18, Coppins & van den Boom (1995: 89).