LICHALP

Caloplaca jungermanniae (Vahl) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Blastenia fuscolutea (Ach.) A. Massal., Bryoplaca jungermanniae (Vahl) Søchting, Frödén & Arup, Caloplaca fuscolutea (Ach.) Th. Fr., Lichen jungermanniae Vahl, Placodium fuscoluteum (Ach.) Hepp

Lichenised.

Substrate: plant debris, calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species of terricolous bryophytes and plant debris on calciferous substrata, but less common in areas with pure limestone; widespread in the Alps.