LICHALP

Candelariella aurella (Hoffm.) Zahlbr. subsp. glebulosa (Asta, Clauzade & Cl. Roux) Cl. Roux comb. inval.

Syn.: Candelariella oleaginescens Rondon var. glebulosa Asta, Clauzade & Cl. Roux [invalidly published, ICN Art. 40.1 + 8]

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 taxon with a glebulose, grey thallus, mostly growing on large, weakly to strongly calciferous boulders in moderately to strongly eutrophicated situations, restricted to high elevations, with a few records from the Alps.