LICHALP

Toninia coelestina (Anzi) Vězda

Syn.: Bacidia atrosanguinea (Hepp) Anzi subsp. oribata (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Bacidia coelestina Anzi, Lecidea oribata Nyl., Lecidea subincompta Nyl. subsp. oribata (Nyl.) Cromb., Toninia aggregata Vězda, Toninia oribata (Nyl.) P. James

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a rare species found on cyanobacterial lichens or cyanobacterial colonies developing on weathered calciferous schists in upland areas; from the Alps there are only a few scattered records.