LICHALP

Catapyrenium cinereum (Pers.) Körb.

Syn.: Dermatocarpon cinereum (Pers.) Th. Fr., Dermatocarpon hepaticum (Ach.) Th. Fr. non auct., Dermatocarpon tephroides (Ach.) W. Mann, Endocarpon cinereum Pers., Endocarpon hepaticum Ach. non auct., Endopyrenium cinereum (Pers.) Oxner, Involucrocarpon cinereum (Pers.) Servít, Lichen tephroides Ach., Sagedia cinerea (Pers.) Fr., Verrucaria polythecia Ach., Verrucaria tephroides (Ach.) Wallr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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: a boreal-montane to arctic-alpine, circumpolar species occurring also in more southern mountains on siliceous, base-rich soil with mica, or amongst terricolous bryophytes, usually near or above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.