LICHALP

Lepraria crassissima (Hue) Lettau

Syn.: Crocynia crassissima Hue

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, calciferous rocks,

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: an often misunderstood species occurring on vertical to underhanging surfaces of siliceous, more rarely calciferous rocks and on epilithic mosses in mountain areas.