LICHALP

Pertusaria glomerata (Ach.) Schaer.

Syn.: Porina glomerata Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: plant debris, living mosses, calciferous soil, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: an arctic-alpine lichen found on more or less calciferous soil rich in humus and on plant debris in sites with a long snow cover; widespread throughout the Alps.