LICHALP

Rinodina rinodinoides (Anzi) H. Mayrhofer & Scheid.

Syn.: Buellia rinodinoides Anzi, Lecidea rinodinoides (Anzi) Stizenb., Rinodina melanocarpa Müll. Arg., Rinodina serpentini H. Mayrhofer & Poelt

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 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 species described from the Italian Alps and also known from the Balkan Peninsula and the Karakorum Mountains, found on usually south-exposed surfaces of very hard, base-rich siliceous rocks and serpentine; apparently rare in the Alps.