LICHALP

Ropalospora lugubris (Sommerf.) Poelt

Syn.: Bacidia lugubris (Sommerf.) Zahlbr., Bilimbia lugubris (Sommerf.) Th. Fr., Fuscidea lugubris (Sommerf.) P. James & Purvis, Lecidea caudata Nyl., Lecidea funera Sommerf., Lecidea lugubris Sommerf., Ropalospora cafra A. Massal., Ropalospora caudata (Nyl.) A. Massal., Schaereria lugubris (Sommerf.) Körb., Toninia caudata (Nyl.) Arnold, Toninia lugubris (Sommerf.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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, perhaps circumpolar lichen found on steeply inclined surfaces of hard siliceous rocks in cold-humid upland areas.