LICHALP

Lecidea lapicida (Ach.) Ach. var. lapicida

Syn.: Biatora ochromela (Ach.) Hepp, Lecidea contiguella Nyl., Lecidea declinans Nyl., Lecidea declinascens Nyl., Lecidea dendroclinis Nyl., Lecidea hoelii Lynge, Lecidea lactea Flörke ex Schaer. var. ochromela (Ach.) Arnold, Lecidea ochromela (Ach.) Anzi, Lecidea scotoplaca H. Magn., Lecidea subinvoluta Müll. Arg., Lecidea subplanata Vain., Lecidea vestrogothica H. Magn., Lecidella lapicida (Ach.) Körb., Lecidella ochromela (Ach.) Arnold, Lichen lapicida Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, metal-rich siliceous rocks

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 to boreal-montane and cool-temperate species with a broad ecological range, found on hard, acid siliceous rocks, mostly in exposed, windy situations in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.