LICHALP

Lichenomphalia alpina (Britzelm.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys

Syn.: Agaricus alpinus Britzelm., Botrydina luteovitellina (Pilát & Nannf.) Redhead & Kuyper, Botrydina vulgaris Bréb. p.p., Gerronema luteovitellinum (Pilát & Nannf.) Singer, Gerronema alpinum (Britzelm.) Bresinsky & Stangl, Omphalia flava (Cooke) F.H. Møller, Omphalia luteovitellina Pilát & Nannf., Omphalina alpina (Britzelm.) Bresinsky & Stangl, Omphalina flava (Cooke) M. Lange, Omphalina luteovitellina (Pilát & Nannf.) M. Lange, Phytoconis luteovitellina (Pilát & Nannf.) Redhead & Kuyper

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), lignum

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: a basidiolichen of acid organic soil, most common around treeline; perhaps more widespread in the Alps, but regionally overlooked by lichenologists.