LICHALP

Polychidium muscicola (Sw.) Gray

Syn.: Collema muscicola (Sw.) Ach., Homodium muscicola (Sw.) Nyl., Leptogium muscicola (Sw.) Fr., Lichen muscicola Sw., Polychidium kalkuense Räsänen

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, siliceous 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 widespread mild-temperate to southern boreal lichen found on soil and amongst bryophytes over siliceous substrata, more rarely on the basal parts of ancient trees, with a rather wide altitudinal range.