LICHALP

Sporodictyon terrestre (Th. Fr.) Savić & Tibell

Syn.: Polyblastia fartilis (Nyl.) Boistel, Polyblastia inumbrata (Nyl) Arnold, Polyblastia sommerfeltii Lynge, Polyblastia subviridicans (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Polyblastia tarvesedis (Anzi) Bagl. & Carestia, Polyblastia terrestris Th. Fr

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, siliceous rocks, calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, polymorphic species found on calciferous to neutral or slightly acidic siliceous rocks by streams, often in the splash zone, more rarely on base-rich soil (but spreading from small pebbles), sometimes also amongst bryophytes, usually near or above treeline.