LICHALP

Rhizocarpon subgeminatum Eitner

Syn.: Rhizocarpon phaeolepis Vain.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks,

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a species with 2-spored asci and large eumuriform ascospores (mostly longer than 50 µm), with more than 25 cells visible in optical view (with at least 3 longitudinal septa); on siliceous rocks, often near brooks and lakes; for the Alps most records are from the Eastern Alps.