LICHALP

Sarcogyne fallax H. Magn.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 mainly mild-temperate lichen found on steeply inclined to underhanging surfaces of base-rich siliceous rocks, more rarely on calcareous rocks, which is worthy of further study.