LICHALP

Lecidea auriculata Th. Fr. subsp. brachyspora Th. Fr.

Syn.: Lecidea brachyspora (Th. Fr.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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: ecologically similar to the typical subspecies, from which it differs in the shorter spores, this taxon is also known from the Himalayas; the only certain records for the Alps are from Salzburg and Hautes-Alpes, all other records need confirmation.