LICHALP

Farnoldia jurana (Schaer.) Hertel subsp. jurana

Syn.: Biatora annularis Müll. Arg., Haplocarpon juranum (Schaer.) M. Choisy, Lecidea albosuffusa Th. Fr., Lecidea annularis (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Lecidea calcigena Flörke ex Körb., Lecidea inferior Nyl., Lecidea jurana Schaer., Lecidea petrosa Arnold, Lecidea petrosa Arnold var. glaucocarpa Arnold, Lecidea subvorticosa Nyl., Melanolecia jurana (Schaer.) Hertel, Tremolecia jurana (Schaer.) Hertel

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a cool-temperate to arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on limestone and dolomite, more rarely on other calciferous rocks (e.g. sandstone and schist); one of the most common calcicolous species above and near treeline throughout the Alps.