LICHALP

Candelariella coralliza (Nyl.) H. Magn.

Syn.: Candelariella pulvinata (Malbr.) Zahlbr., Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll. Arg. var. pulvinata (Malbr.) Mereschk., Lecanora coralliza Nyl., Lecanora vitellina (Hoffm.) Ach. var. pulvinata Malbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 mainly boreal-montane to arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on siliceous rocks, more rarely on lignum or even dust-covered bark in open habitats, most frequent in alpine to subalpine pastures, on isolated boulders used as birds’ perches; certainly widespread throughout the Alps, but overlooked, or subsumed under C. vitellina by several authors.