LICHALP

Lecanora silvae-nigrae V. Wirth

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 nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a European orophyte found on inclined to underhanging surfaces of siliceous, often iron-rich rocks, mostly near and above treeline. In G there is also a sample collected by E. Frey in Switzerland (GR) at 3,125 m, on mosses.