LICHALP

Brodoa intestiniformis (Vill.) Goward

Syn.: Hypogymnia encausta (Sm.) Walt. Watson, Hypogymnia intestiniformis (Vill.) Räsänen, Imbricaria encausta (Sm.) DC., Lichen intestiniformis Vill., Menegazzia encausta (Sm.) Navàs, Parmelia encausta (Sm.) Ach., Parmelia intestiniformis (Vill.) Ach.

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, circumpolar lichen found in more sheltered and less wind-exposed situations than B. atrofusca, on faces of acid siliceous rocks with a long snow-cover, with optimum above treeline; widespread and locally rather common throughout the Alps.