LICHALP

Lecidea confluentula Müll. Arg.

Syn.: Lecidea matildae H. Magn., Lecidea rimiseda Nyl.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 NW Europe and the French Alps, this silicicolous species is related to L. fuscoatra, but is most frequent above treeline.