LICHALP

Bacidia bagliettoana (A. Massal. & De Not.) Jatta

Syn.: Bacidia atrosanguinea var. argillicola (Malbr.) H. Olivier, Bacidia maceriarum B. de Lesd., Bacidia muscorum (Ach.) Mudd, Bacidia pezizoidea sensu Anzi, Lecidea muscorum Ach. non (Th. Fr.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Scoliciosporum bagliettoanum A. Massal. & De Not.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen of moribund bryophytes and plant debris in dry grasslands, or in fissures of calcareous rocks and dolomite, with optimum in upland areas. The holotype of B. maceriarum, examined by Roux (unpublished), proved to belong to this species; widespread throughout the Alps.