LICHALP

Euopsis pulvinata (Schaer.) Vain.

Syn.: Blennothallia haemalea (Sommerf.) Trevis., Collema haemaleum Sommerf., Lecidea pulvinata Schaer., Pannaria haemalea (Sommerf.) A. Massal., Pyrenopsis haemalea (Sommerf.) Norrl., Pyrenopsis macrocarpa E. Dahl, Pyrenopsis pulvinata (Schaer.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane, perhaps circumpolar lichen found on siliceous rocks, especially in seepage tracks on small pebbles in wet places, sometimes even on soil; much overlooked, and probably more widespread in the Alps.