LICHALP

Gyalecta kukriensis (Räsänen) Räsänen

Syn.: Gyalecta cupularis (Hedw.) Schaer. var. kukriensis Räsänen, Gyalecta jenensis (Batsch) Zahlbr. var. deminuta Norman ex Lettau, Gyalecta jenensis (Batsch) Zahlbr. var. kukriensis (Räsänen) Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists), siliceous rocks

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 calciferous schists near or above treeline; also known from the Carpathians and Scandinavia, for the Alps reported from two distant localities only.