LICHALP

Carbonea vorticosa (Flörke) Hertel

Syn.: Lecidea asperella Stirt., Lecidea guettingeri Müll. Arg., Lecidea kuendigiana Müll. Arg., Lecidea pullulans Th. Fr., Lecidea sabuletorum (Schreb.) Ach. var. vorticosa Flörke, Lecidea sublatypea Leight. ex Cromb., Lecidea vorticosa (Flörke) Körb.

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 nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on steeply inclined faces of lime-poor sandstone, schists and gneiss, rarely on dolomite, in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.