LICHALP

Sarcosagium campestre (Fr.) Poetsch & Schied.

Syn.: Biatora campestris Fr., Biatorella campestris (Fr.) Th. Fr., Biatorella sarcosagium Anzi, Sarcosagium biatorellum A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, lignum, 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: an early coloniser of more or less calciferous soil, moribund bryophytes and plant debris, sometimes also growing on decaying wood, mostly in disturbed habitats, e.g. at burned sites, in upland areas.