LICHALP

Lobothallia melanaspis (Ach.) Hafellner

Syn.: Aspicilia melanaspis (Ach.) Poelt & Leuckert, Lecanora melanaspis (Ach.) Ach., Parmelia melanaspis Ach.

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: a mainly boreal-montane species found on acid to slightly calciferous rocks in the inundation zone on shores of lakes, brooks, and streams, mostly in upland areas; to be looked for throughout the Alps.