LICHALP

Protoparmelia phaeonesos Poelt

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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: parasitic on Aspilidea myrinii, on acid siliceous rocks near and especially above treeline; probably much more widespread in the Alps. The species does not belong to Protoparmelia s.str.