LICHALP

Caloplaca vitellinaria Szatala

Syn.: Caloplaca holocarpa (Hoffm.) Wade var. vitellinaria (Szatala) Clauzade & Cl. Roux

Lichenised.

Substrate: , ,

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: a rather rare, subcontinental species, perhaps belonging to the C. pyracea-holocarpa-group, without a visible thallus, but with agglomerated apothecia with orange-red discs and somewhat paler margins (instead of brown as in C. grimmiae); lichenicolous on Candelariella vitellina which itself can grow on a wide range of substrates; for the study area there are only a few records from the Eastern Alps (Austria).