LICHALP

Aspicilia mashiginensis (Zahlbr.) Oxner

Syn.: Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Körb. f. papillata Arnold, Aspicilia mastrucata auct. eur. austr. non (Wahlenb.) Ach., Lecanora mashiginensis Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

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

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: on basic siliceous rocks, often on weakly calciferous schists, in humid-shaded situations near and above treeline; to be looked further throughout the Alps.