LICHALP

Epilichen scabrosus (Ach.) Clem.

Syn.: Buellia scabrosa (Ach.) A. Massal., Karschia scabrosa (Ach.) Rehm, Lecidea scabrosa Ach., Skolekites scabrosus (Ach.) Norman

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata),

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: optimum in cold-humid situations in upland areas, at first a parasite on Baeomyces-species, becoming autotrophic when old; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.