LICHALP

Micarea hedlundii Coppins

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, bark

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a rather rare species growing on wood and rotting roots of conifers in montane to subalpine forests, ranging from the Alps to Northern Europe.