LICHALP

Protothelenella leucothelia (Nyl.) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt

Syn.: Dactyloblastus leucothelius (Nyl.) Anzi, Microglaena leucothelia (Nyl.) Arnold, Verrucaria leucothelia Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses, plant debris, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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 soil, moribund bryophytes, plant debris and lichens (Cladonia), sometimes on rotting wood; probably ranging throughout the Alps, but overlooked.