LICHALP

Lecanora stenotropa Nyl.

Syn.: Lecanora polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh. var. stenotropa (Nyl.) A.L. Sm.

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: this silicicolous species, which is closely related to L. polytropa, is apparently quite widespread and locally common along the Southern Alps (Roux et coll. 2014). Several other records might be hidden under L. polytropa.