A lichen with small, yellow to yellow-orange fruiting bodies and an inconspicuous thallus. Currently, it has been included in the genus Athallia. It differs from a similar C. cerinella in the number of spores (this species has eight) in asci. In some areas of the Czech Republic, the species is abundant, growing on a bark of aspens in the company of C. pyracea. Also, it is known from nitrophilous communities on twigs. It is a boreo-montane species, reaching the highest abundancies in mountain areas.
taxonomic classification:Ascomycota → Lecanoromycetes → Teloschistales → Teloschistaceae → Caloplaca
most frequented synonyms:Athallia cerinelloidesAll records: 54, confirmed 53. One click on a selected square displays particular record(s), including their source(s).