LICHALP

Amylora cervinocuprea (Arnold) Rambold

Syn.: Aspicilia cervinocuprea Arnold, Aspicilia olivacea Bagl. & Carestia f. cervinocuprea (Arnold) Arnold, Lecanora cervinocuprea (Arnold) Mig.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: on vertical to overhanging faces of gneissic rocks; perhaps more widespread in the Alps, but not common.