LICHALP

Lecanora rupicola (L.) Zahlbr. subsp. rupicola var. efflorens Leuckert & Poelt

Syn.: Lecanora rupicola (L.) Zahlbr. f. sorediata (Flot.) Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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: a name applied to sorediate morphs of L. rupicola s.str., whose taxonomic value is uncertain; on inclined rock faces of siliceous rocks, in somehow more shaded-humid situations; probably more widespread in in the Alps.