LICHALP

Dermatocarpon moulinsii (Mont.) Zahlbr.

Syn.: Endocarpon miniatum (L.) P. Gaertn., G. Mey. & Scherb. var. exasperatum A. Massal., Endocarpon moulinsii Mont.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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 silicicolous, holarctic species of periodically wetted rocks, with several records from the Southern Alps only (Italy).