Arthrorhaphis alpina (Schaer.) R. Sant.

Arthrorhaphis alpina (Schaer.) R. Sant.

Syn.: Arthrorhaphis citrinella (Ach.) Poelt var. alpina (Schaer.) Poelt, Bacidia alpina (Schaer.) Vain., Bacidia citrinella (Ach.) Branth & Rostr. subsp. alpina (Schaer.) J.R. Laundon, Bacidia flavovirescens (Turner & Borrer ex Schaer.) Anzi var. alpina (Schaer.) A.L. Sm., Lecidea flavovirescens Turner & Borrer ex Schaer. var. alpina Schaer.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on weakly calciferous soil rich in humus, first parasymbiotic on Baeomyces, later an autonomous lichen; widespread throughout the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; St. Gallen; ?Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;

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