LICHALP

Miriquidica lulensis (Hellb.) Hertel & Rambold

Syn.: Lecidea lulensis Hellb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: metal-rich siliceous rocks, siliceous rocks

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: on horizontally or weakly inclined faces of siliceous and often iron-rich rocks; with a few scattered records from the Alps.