LICHALP

Rinodina epimilvina H. Mayrhofer

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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: on acidic siliceous rocks wetted by rain in upland areas, starting the life-cycle on Rinodina milvina; not common, but certainly more widespread in the Alps than the few records would suggest, with optimum above treeline.