LICHALP

Lecidea tessellata Flörke var. caesia (Anzi) Arnold

Syn.: Biatora casimirii Müll. Arg., Lecidea azurea Kremp., Lecidea casimirii (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Lecidea injuncta Nyl., Lecidea spilota Fr. var. caesia Anzi, Lecidella azurea (Kremp.) Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, ,

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: on calciferous siliceous rocks, dolomite, and superficially decalcified, hard limestones near and above treeline, starting the life-cycle on other crustose lichens.