LICHALP

Cephalophysis leucospila (Anzi) H. Kilias & Scheid. var. leucospila

Syn.: Lecidea leucospila Anzi, Lecidea mashiginii Lynge, Lecidea subtumidula Nyl., Lecidea ultima Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on limestone and dolomite in exposed, steeply inclined faces; widespread throughout the Alps.