LICHALP

Farnoldia muscigena (Vězda) Hafellner & Tretiach

Syn.: Lecidea jurana Schaer. var. muscigena Vězda, Melanolecia muscigena (Vězda) Hertel

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: known from the Central European mountains (Tatra, Alps), this lichen is found on moribund bryophytes, crustose lichens and plant debris over calcareous substrata; probably more widespread in the Alps