LICHALP

Stereocaulon plicatile (Leight.) Fryday & Coppins

Syn.: Lecidea plicatilis Leight., Rhizocarpon plicatile (Leight.) A.L. Sm., Rhizocarpon rubescens Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

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: on siliceous rocks and pebbles in damp habitats with a late snow cover, either on vertical surfaces of north-facing rocks or on stones and pebbles near snow beds; in the study area only recorded from the Eastern Alps (Austria, Italy).