LICHALP

Amygdalaria panaeola (Ach.) Hertel & Brodo

Syn.: Huilia panaeola (Ach.) Hertel, Lecidea panaeola Ach., Psora panaeola (Ach.) Anzi

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: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, incompletely circumpolar species of weathered, mineral-rich siliceous rocks close to the ground, in areas with late snow cover, with optimum above treeline.