Melanelia hepatizon (Ach.) A. Thell

Melanelia hepatizon (Ach.) A. Thell

Syn.: Cetraria hepatizon (Ach.) Vain., Cetraria polyschiza (Nyl.) Jatta, Lichen hepatizon Ach., Parmelia baumgartneri Zahlbr., Platysma hepatizon (Ach.) Vain., Platysma polyschizum Nyl., Tuckermannopsis hepatizon (Ach.) Kurok.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen found on hard siliceous rocks wetted by rain, with optimum above treeline; somehow less bound to cold-humid sites than the similar but unrelated Cetrariella commixta; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;

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