LICHALP

Lempholemma isidioides (Nyl. ex Arnold) H. Magn.

Syn.: Collema isidiodes Nyl. ex Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species with a squamulose thallus forming small rosettes, with cylindrical, isidioid lobes in the centre; on irrigated faces of various types of rocks; widespread in Northern Europe, further south most frequent in the mountains; known from scattered localities throughout the Alps.