LICHALP

Biatorella hemisphaerica Anzi

Syn.: Biatorella fossarum (Dufour ex Fr.) Arnold. var. rubicunda (Th. Fr.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses

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 calciferous soil and amongst bryophytes, most often in rock fissures; widespread in the Alps, but generally not very common.