LICHALP

Lecanora handelii J. Steiner

Lichenised.

Substrate: metal-rich siliceous rocks, 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: on steeply inclined to underhanging surfaces of metalliferous rocks in upland areas; widespread in the Alps, wherever suitable substrata are present.