LICHALP

Parmelia omphalodes (L.) Ach. subsp. pinnatifida (Kurok.) Skult

Syn.: Parmelia omphalodes (L.) Ach. var. panniformis Ach., Parmelia pinnatifida Kurok.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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

Note: a name applied to morphs with thalli growing in several layers, with narrow, richly branched, mostly concave lobes, the medulla reacting K+ red and Pd+ orange (salazinic acid plus an otherwise complex secondary chemistry); mostly on siliceous rocks; more common in Northern Europe at high elevations; in the Alps not consistently distinguished, so that the distribution is poorly known.