LICHALP

Halecania lecanorina (Anzi) M. Mayrhofer & Poelt

Syn.: Diphratora disparata Jatta nom.illeg., Gyalolechia lecanorina (Anzi) Anzi, Lecania disparata Lettau nom. illeg, Lecania lecanorina (Anzi) Zahlbr., Lecaniella disparata Jatta nom.illeg., Lecanora disparata Nyl. nom.illeg., Thalloidima disparatum Arnold nom.illeg., Thalloidima lecanorinum Anzi, Toninia lecanorina (Anzi) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, calciferous soil, plant debris

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 thin layers of soil, on mosses and plant debris over calcareous substrata, with optimum near treeline; perhaps more widespread in the Alps, but certainly not common.