LICHALP

Lepraria alpina (B. de Lesd.) Tretiach & Baruffo

Syn.: Crocynia alpina B. de Lesd., Crocynia antarctica Hue, Crocynia caerulescens Hue, Crocynia candidissima Hue, Crocynia henrici B. de Lesd., Crocynia minima Hue, Crocynia neglecta Hue, Lepraria angardiana Øvstedal, Lepraria cacuminum (""A. Massal."") Loht., Lepraria caerulescens (Hue) Botnen & Øvstedal, Leproloma angardianum (Øvstedal) J.R. Laundon, Leproloma cacuminum (""A. Massal."") J.R. Laundon

Lichenised.

Substrate: , , acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), calciferous soil

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: on epilithic mosses and soil in alpine grasslands, both on siliceous and on calcareous substrata, in sites with a long snow cover, up to the nival belt in the Alps.