LICHALP

Thelocarpon saxicola (Zahlbr.) H. Magn.

Syn.: Thelocarpon epibolum Nyl. var. saxicola Zahlbr.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species with globose ascomata lacking paraphyses, and ellipsoid ascospores (to 7 µm long); on sandstone and similar rocks in the montane belt; only known from the Eastern Alps (Austria).