LICHALP

Thelocarpon sphaerosporum H. Magn.

Syn.: Ahlesia sphaerospora (H. Magn.) G. Salisb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: , living mosses

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

Note: an ephemeral early coloniser of different substrata, including the thalli of other lichens, mostly in upland areas; from the Alps there are only a few scattered records.