LICHALP

Halecania elaeiza (Nyl.) M. Mayrhofer

Syn.: Lecanora elaeiza Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous 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: a species with relatively small ascospores (< 15 µm long) found on calcareous rocks in upland areas; altogether rare in Eastern and Central Europe, including the Alps.