LICHALP

Lecanora mughicola Nyl.

Syn.: Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. alpina Anzi ex Arnold, Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. melanocarpa Anzi ex Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum

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 circumboreal-montane lichen found on hard lignum, mostly of conifers, in upland areas, with optimum in the subalpine belt; widespread throughout the Alps.