LICHALP

Bryobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Fryday, Printzen & S. Ekman

Syn.: Biatora atrofusca Hepp, Biatora cartilaginea Lönnr., Lecidea atrofusca (Hepp) Mudd, Lecidea fusca (Schaer.) Th. Fr., Lecidea hypnorum Lib., Lecidea sanguineoatra sensu Nyl. non (Wulfen) Ach., Lecidea templetonii Taylor, Mycobilimbia hypnorum (Lib.) Kalb & Hafellner

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, calciferous soil, plant debris, bark, lignum

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 cool-temperate to arctic-alpine, probably circumpolar lichen found on mosses, plant debris, soil, bark and lignum, especially in upland areas with calcareous substrata; widespread and common throughout the Alps.