LICHALP

Lecidea berengeriana (A. Massal.) Nyl.

Syn.: Biatora berengeriana A. Massal., Biatora cupreiformis (Nyl.) Arnold, Biatora poetschiana Körb, Lecidea cupreiformis (Nyl.) Nyl., Lecidea miscella Sommerf. non Ach., Lecidea strasseri Zahlbr., Mycobilimbia berengeriana (A. Massal.) Hafellner & V. Wirth

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, , plant debris

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 circumpolar, arctic-alpine to boreal-montane lichen found on mosses and plant debris over calcareous substrata. The species does not belong to Lecidea nor to Mycobilimbia and is closely related to Romjularia; widespread throughout the Alps.