LICHALP

Polyblastia cupularis A. Massal. var. cupularis

Syn.: Polyblastia flavicans Müll. Arg., Polyblastia intercedens (Nyl.) Lönnr. non sensu Th. Fr., Polyblastia lutosa Zschacke, Polyblastia pallescens Anzi

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 circumboreal to arctic-alpine species found on hard rocks, including dolomite and calciferous schist, in rather sheltered and humid situations.