LICHALP

Scytinium fragile (Taylor) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin

Syn.: Collema fragile Taylor, Leptogium fragile (Taylor) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a southwestern species in Europe, found on steeply inclined seepage tracks of calcareous rocks; much overlooked and perhaps more widespread, but certainly not common in the Alps.