LICHALP

Eiglera homalomorpha (Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux ex Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Aspicilia homalomorpha (Nyl.) Hue, Hymenelia homalomorpha (Nyl.) Poelt & Vězda, Lecanora homalomorpha Nyl., Lecidea cavatula Nyl.

Lichenised.

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

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: mainly on limestone and dolomite near the ground, such as on basal parts of steep cliffs; widespread throughout the Alps, where it is locally common.