LICHALP

Staurothele frustulenta Vain.

Syn.: Polyblastia spadicea (Wallr.) Jatta, Staurothele catalepta auct. p.p. non (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell, ?Staurothele elegans (Wallr.) Zwackh

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 calcareous or basic siliceous rocks in open habitats, mostly below the subalpine belt.