LICHALP

Micarea lignaria (Ach.) Hedl. var. lignaria

Syn.: Bacidia gomphillacea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Bacidia granulans sensu H. Magn., Bacidia lignaria (Ach.) Lettau, Bacidia meizospora (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Bacidia milliaria (Fr.) Sandst., Bilimbia lignaria (Ach.) A. Massal., Bilimbia meizospora (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Bilimbia milliaria (Fr.) Th. Fr., Lecidea geomaea Taylor, Lecidea lignaria Ach., Lecidea meizospora Nyl., Lecidea milliaria Fr., Micarea gomphillacea (Nyl.) Vězda

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, 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: a temperate to boreal-montane species found on a wide variety of substrata such as plant remains, bark, and lignum, in humid situations; widespread throughout the Alps.