Distribution: East of Cascades crest in Washington; southern US, Eastern Seaboard, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri.
Substrate: On siliceous rock.
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Thallus grey to yellowish, areolate, prothallus black; Apothecia immersed at first, becoming slightly raised, to 0.7 mm in diameter, exciple dark brown.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Buellia spuria in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
CalPhotos: Buellia spuria photos