LICHALP

Lecanora marginata (Schaer.) Hertel & Rambold

Syn.: Biatora elata (Schaer.) Hepp, Lecanora eliminata (Arnold) Nyl., Lecanora marginata (Schaer.) Hertel & Rambold subsp. elata (Schaer.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Lecidea elata Schaer., Lecidea elata Schaer. var. formata Maheu & A. Gillet, Lecidea elata Schaer. var. marginata (Schaer.) A. Massal., Lecidea elata Schaer. var. subfarinosa H. Magn., Lecidea eliminata (Arnold) Arnold, Lecidea marginata Schaer., Lecidea marginata Schaer. subsp. elata (Schaer.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Lecidea marginata Schaer. var. elata (Schaer.) Anzi, Lecidea marginata Schaer. var. subfarinosa (H. Magn.) J. Nowak & Tobol., Lecidea shlidenii Räsänen, Lecidea sulphurella Th. Fr., Lecidella elata (Schaer.) Körb., Lecidella marginata (Schaer.) Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen found on limestone, dolomite, and more or less calciferous siliceous rocks; widespread throughout the Alps.