LICHALP

Adelolecia pilati (Hepp) Hertel & Hafellner

Syn.: Biatora pilati Hepp, Buellia modicula (Nyl.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Lecidea auriculata Th. Fr. var. hardangeriana Vain., Lecidea chrysotheicha Nyl., Lecidea lyngeana Zahlbr., Lecidea modicula Nyl., Lecidea pilati (Hepp) Körb., Lecidea proludens Nyl., Lecidea subauriculata Lynge nom.illeg. non B. de Lesd., Lecidea tirolica Vain., Lecidella botryosa Hepp ex Arnold, Lecidella proludens (Nyl.) Arnold

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: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species of steeply inclined to underhanging surfaces of weathered, metal-rich metamorphic rocks seldom wetted by rain, from the subalpine to the nival belt; widespread in the Alps and also occurring in the high Mediterranean mountains.