LICHALP

Bryodina rhypariza (Nyl.) Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Bryonora rhypariza (Nyl.) Poelt, Lecanora rhypariza Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses

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: a mainly arctic-alpine species found on mosses (Andreaea, Grimmia) near or above treeline, often associated with cyanobacteria (Stigonema).