LICHALP

Verrucula elegantaria (Zehetl.) Nav.-Ros. & Cl. Roux

Syn.: Verrucaria elegantaria Zehetl.

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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: parasitic on Xanthoria elegans, certainly more widespread in the Alps.