LICHALP

Lichenomphalia velutina (Quél.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys

Syn.: Botrydina velutina (Quél.) Redhead & Kuyper, Botrydina vulgaris Bréb. p.p., Lichenomphalia grisella (P. Karst.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys, Omphalia grisella P. Karst., Omphalia velutina Quél., Omphalina grisella (P. Karst.) M.M. Moser, Omphalina pseudandrosacea auct. non (Bull.) M.M. Moser, Omphalina velutina (Quél.) Quél., Phytoconis pararustica (Clémençon) P. Roux & P.-A. Moreau, Phytoconis velutina (Quél.) Redhead & Kuyper

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), 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 acid soil, often in clearings of Pinus-stands; known only from Europe (French, Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps), and North America.