LICHALP

Lepraria eburnea J.R. Laundon

Syn.: Lepraria frigida J.R. Laundon

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses, plant debris, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 old trunks in underhangs protected from rain, but also on walls in urban habitats; widespread throughout the Alps.