An arctic-alpine lichen, forming crusts on moribund bryophytes and detritus on calcareous rocks. It has pear-shaped black perithecia and reddish thallus. Rare in the Czech Republic, found only in a few localities with calcareous phyllites above the upper treeline (Velká kotlina, Jelení hřbet, Studénková hole) in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts (Vězda 1968), also confirmed recently.
Literature: Vězda A. (1968): Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Thelopsis Nyl. (Lichenisierte Fungi). – Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 3: 363–406.
taxonomic classification:Ascomycota → Lecanoromycetes → Ostropales → Stictidaceae → Thelopsis
All records: 12, confirmed 3. One click on a selected square displays particular record(s), including their source(s).