LICHALP

Aspicilia obscurata (Fr. ex Nyl.) Arnold

Syn.: Lecanora cinerea (L.) Sommerf. var. obscurata Fr. ex Nyl.

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 subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: the conspecificity of records from the Eastern Alps (Austria) with the type from Scandinavia is in need of evaluation; ecology and distribution are still insufficiently known.