LICHALP

Micarea ternaria (Nyl.) Vězda

Syn.: Bacidia ternaria (Nyl.) Lettau, Lecidea sabuletorum f. ternaria Nyl., Lecidea ternaria (Nyl.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: plant debris

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: an arctic-alpine species growing on plant remains and siliceous rocks; from the Alps there are a few scattered records only.