LICHALP

Ramboldia cinnabarina (Sommerf.) Kalb, Lumbsch & Elix

Syn.: Biatora cinnabarina (Sommerf.) Fr., Blastenia cinnabarina (Sommerf.) Mig., Lecidea cinnabarina Sommerf., Protoblastenia cinnabarina (Sommerf.) Räsänen, Pyrrhospora cinnabarina (Sommerf.) M. Choisy

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar species found on the smooth bark of small shrubs, usually near the ground; overlooked, being often sterile.