[1] Found in Europe and North America, where it grows on the bark and wood of various trees in old-growth and montane forests, it was scientifically described in 2016.

The type specimen was collected by Holien on 13 June 2002, from an old-growth Picea abies forest in Holmvassdalen, Nordland, Norway on the trunk of Salix caprea.

The species epithet coriacea derives from the Latin word for leather, reflecting the characteristic brownish, leather-like colour of the apothecia.

[2] In a later publication about the DNA barcoding of European lichens, L. coriacea was considered to be an apothecial morphotype of the genus Cheiromycina, although no formal taxonomic transfer was made.

[2] The thallus of the lichen does not react with any standard chemical spot test reagents, indicating the lack of secondary metabolites.