LICHALP

Solorina octospora (Arnold) Arnold

Syn.: Solorina saccata (L.) Ach. var. octospora Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata),

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, probably circumpolar lichen found on soil rich in humus and on terricolous mosses, often in rock fissures.