Lecanora alpigena (Ach.) Cl. Roux

Lecanora alpigena (Ach.) Cl. Roux

Syn.: Lecanora polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh. var. alpigena (Ach.) Rabenh., Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. alpigena Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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 siliceous or slightly calciferous rocks in upland areas, with optimum above treeline; probably more widespread in the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria;

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