LICHALP

Fuscidea lygaea (W. Mann) V. Wirth & Vězda

Syn.: Biatora lygaea W. Mann, Catillaria massalongoi Körb. non auct., Fuscidea periplaca (Nyl.) V. Wirth & Vězda, Fuscidea tenebrica (Nyl.) V. Wirth & Vězda, Lecidea kochiana Hepp var. lygaea (W. Mann) Leight., Lecidea lygaea Ach. nom.illeg., Lecidea obscurata (Ach.) Schaer., Lecidea periplaca Nyl., Lecidea tenebrica Nyl., Rhizocarpon massalongii (Körb.) Malme non auct.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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: on steeply inclined to underhanging surfaces of hard siliceous rocks in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.