LICHALP

Phaeorrhiza sareptana (Tomin) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt var. sphaerocarpa (Th. Fr.) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt

Syn.: Buellia dovrensis H. Magn., Buellia hypoleuca H. Magn., Rinodina nimbosa (Fr.) Th. Fr. var. sphaerocarpa Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a rather rare species found on naked earth, dead mosses and plant debris in dry grasslands near and above treeline.