LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia mougeotii (Schaer. ex D. Dietr.) Hale

Syn.: Parmelia mougeotii Schaer. ex D. Dietr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on hard siliceous rocks, often near the ground, e.g. on pebbles; probably more widespread in the Alps, but never common.