LICHALP

Henrica melaspora (Taylor) Savić & Tibell

Syn.: Anthracothecium melasporum (Taylor) Müll. Arg., Polyblastia melaspora (Taylor) Zahlbr., ?Polyblastia plotocarpa Norman ex Zschacke, Polyblastia scotinospora (Nyl.) Hellb., Polyblastia subinumbrata (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Verrucaria melaspora Taylor

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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: on siliceous to somewhat calcareous, wet rocks in open situations, often on slate, usually along rivers or by lakeshores or on pebbles at least intermittently flushed with running water, near or above treeline.