LICHALP

Ochrolechia frigida (Sw.) Lynge

Syn.: Lichen frigidus Sw., Ochrolechia elisabethae-kolae Verseghy, Ochrolechia gonatodes (Ach.) Räsänen, Ochrolechia lapuensis (Vain.) Räsänen, Ochrolechia pterulina (Nyl.) G.E. Howard, Ochrolechia tartarea (L.) A. Massal. var. telephoroides (Th. Fr.) Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on mosses, plant debris and soil above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.