LICHALP

Lepra corallina (L.) Zahlbr.

Syn.: Lichen corallinus L., Marfloraea corallina (L.) S.Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Hur, Pertusaria corallina (L.) Arnold, Pertusaria subdubia Nyl., Variolaria corallina (L.) Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane lichen found on steeply inclined surfaces of siliceous rocks in rainy areas, where it is sometimes very abundant; widespread throughout the Alps.