LICHALP

Zahlbrucknerella calcarea (Herre) Herre

Syn.: Ephebe lanata (L.) Vain. f. tenuis H. Magn., Lecanephebe meylanii Frey, Zahlbrucknera calcarea Herre

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 limestone and dolomite, more rarely on basic siliceous rocks, in sheltered seepage tracks on steeply inclined surfaces; certainly more widespread, but never common in the Alps.