Sporastatia polyspora (Nyl.) Grummann

Sporastatia polyspora (Nyl.) Grummann

Syn.: Biatorella cinerea (Schaer.) Th. Fr., Gyrothecium polysporum Nyl., Lecidea morio (Duby) Fr. var. cinerea Schaer., Lecidea nigrocinerea Nyl., Sporastatia cinerea (Schaer.) Körb., Sporastatia morio (Duby) Körb. var. cinerea (Schaer.) Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen found on steeply inclined to underhanging, surfaces of hard siliceous rocks, with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;

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