LICHALP

Micarea turfosa (A. Massal.) Du Rietz

Syn.: Biatora turfosa A. Massal., Lecidea turfosa (A. Massal.) Jatta, Lecidea verrucula (Norman) Th. Fr., Lecidella verrucula (Norman) Stein, Micarea verrucula (Norman) Hedl., Oedemocarpus turfosus (A. Massal.) Trevis.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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: a circumboreal-montane species found on peaty soil and terricolous bryophytes in upland areas.