LICHALP

Catapyrenium daedaleum (Kremp.) Stein

Syn.: Dermatocarpon cartilagineum (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Dermatocarpon daedaleum (Kremp.) Th. Fr., Endocarpon daedaleum Kremp., Endopyrenium daedaleum (Kremp.) Körb., Placidiopsis daedalea (Kremp.) Creveld, Placidium daedaleum (Kremp.) Kremp., Placocarpus daedaleus (Kremp.) Trevis., Verrucaria daedalea (Kremp.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, plant debris, living mosses

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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: a boreal-montane to arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on plant debris, mosses and bare, humus-rich soil on calciferous ground near or above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.