LICHALP

Stereocaulon dactylophyllum Flörke

Syn.: Stereocaulon coralloides Fr., Stereocaulon coralloides Fr. var. dactylophyllum (Flörke) Th. Fr., Stereocaulon dactylophyllum Flörke var. occidentale (H. Magn.) Grummann, Stereocaulon spissum Nyl. ex Hue

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 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 to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on siliceous rocks, especially on large boulders.