LICHALP

Candelariella kuusamoensis Räsänen

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum,

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 boreal-montane, poorly understood lichen found on the top of poles and wooden fences, on plant debris and soil, more rarely on rocks; certainly more widespread in the Alps.