LICHALP

Lecidella effugiens (Nilson) Knoph & Hertel

Syn.: Lecidea effugiens Nilson, Lecidea incongruella Vain., Lecidella albidocinerella (Vain.) Poelt & Vězda, Lecidella incongruella (Vain.) Hertel & Leuckert

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 nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a member of the L. asema-complex; on more or less calcareous or base-rich siliceous rocks, with optimum near or above treeline; probably more widespread in the Alps.