LICHALP

Lecidea paratropoides Müll. Arg.

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: on siliceous rocks near the ground in dry areas, with optimum near and above treeline; a member of the L. auriculata-group, known from Central Asia, the dry valleys of the Alps, the mountains of Sicily and the Pyrenees, mostly in continental areas.