LICHALP

Neocatapyrenium radicescens (Nyl.) Breuss

Syn.: Catapyrenium radicescens (Nyl.) Breuss, Dermatocarpon pachylepis (Anzi) Zahlbr., Endocarpon pachylepis Anzi, Verrucaria radicescens Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: on more or less fissured siliceous rocks near or above treeline; hitherto known only from Southern France, Italy and Switzerland.