LICHALP

Lepraria caesioalba (B. de Lesd.) J.R. Laundon

Syn.: Crocynia caesioalba B. de Lesd., Lepraria zonata Brodo, Leproloma caesioalbum (B. de Lesd.) M. Choisy

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: on bryophytes, more rarely on siliceous rocks wetted by rain, especially on basal parts of siliceous boulders with a long snow cover; widespread throughout the Alps.