LICHALP

Miriquidica complanata (Körb.) Hertel & Rambold

Syn.: Aspicilia complanata (Körb.) Stein, Aspicilia microlepis Körb., Aspicilia superiuscula (Nyl.) Hue, Lecanora complanata Körb., Lecanora coracodes Nyl., Lecanora kultalensis Vain., Lecanora microlepis (Körb.) Lettau, Lecanora superiuscula Nyl., Lecanora tenebricans Nyl.; incl. Miriquidica complanata (Körb.) Hertel & Rambold f. sorediata Owe-Larsson & Rambold

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 moist siliceous rocks in upland areas, starting the life-cycle on yellow Rhizocarpon-species, with optimum above treeline.