LICHALP

Absconditella delutula (Nyl.) Coppins & H. Kilias

Syn.: Absconditella modesta (Hegetschw.) Vězda, Gyalecta modesta (Hegetschw.) Zahlbr., Lecidea delutula Nyl., Lecidea modesta Hegetschw., Secoliga modesta (Hegetschw.) Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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

Note: a coloniser of small stones and pebbles in moist and shaded situations; so far reported from a few scattered localities in the Alps, but perhaps more widespread.