LICHALP

Protoparmeliopsis laatokkensis (Räsänen) Moberg & R. Sant.

Syn.: Lecanora degener Poelt ex Clauzade & Rondon, Lecanora laatokkensis (Räsänen) Poelt, Parmularia laatokkensis Räsänen

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 schist, serpentine, amphibolite, mostly on horizontal faces near the ground, at least when young, parasitic on other crustose lichens.