LICHALP

Hymenelia cyanocarpa (Anzi) Lutzoni

Syn.: Aspicilia cyanocarpa Anzi, Ionaspis cyanocarpa (Anzi) Jatta

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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 periodically inundated, hard siliceous rocks, with optimum above treeline; probably more widespread in the Alps.