LICHALP

Gyalolechia delphinensis (Poelt) Søchting, Frödén & Arup

Syn.: Fulgensia delphinensis Poelt

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

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: a speciess recalling G. bracteata in habitus, but with 1-septate asacospores; on gypsum soil in the Western Alps.