LICHALP

Staurothele fissa (Taylor) Zwackh

Syn.: Polyblastia umbrina (Schaer.) Rostr., Pyrenula umbrina Schaer., Sphaeromphale fissa (Taylor) Körb., Sphaeromphale silesiaca A. Massal., Staurothele hazslinszkyi (Körb.) Blomb. & Forssell, Staurothele inconversa (Nyl.) Blomb. & Forssell, Staurothele lithina sensu Zahlbr., Staurothele oenipontana Beschel, Staurothele silesiaca (A. Massal.) Zschacke, Staurothele umbrina (Schaer.) Tuck., Staurothele viridis Zschacke, Thelotrema fissum (Taylor) Hepp, Verrucaria fissa Taylor

Lichenised.

Substrate: , siliceous 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: a probably circumpolar lichen growing amphibious in montane to alpine creeks, or on moist siliceous rocks, with a wide altitudinal range.