Farnoldia micropsis (A. Massal.) Hertel

Farnoldia micropsis (A. Massal.) Hertel

Syn.: Lecidea macrospora Lynge, Lecidea micropsis A. Massal., Lecidea nivalis Anzi, Lecidea rhaetica Hepp ex Th. Fr., Lecidea valpellinensis B. de Lesd, Lecidella micropsis (A. Massal.) Körb., Lecidella rhaetica (Hepp ex Th. Fr.) Körb., Melanolecia micropsis (A. Massal.) Hertel, Tremolecia nivalis (Anzi) Hertel

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, with optimum on calciferous sandstone and schists, rarer on limestone and dolomite, mostly on inclined faces; widespread throughout the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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