LICHALP

Gyalecta incarnata (Th. Fr. & Graewe) Baloch & Lücking

Syn.: Belonia incarnata Th. Fr. & Graewe, Belonia russula Körb. ex Nyl. var. terrigena (Eitner) Keissl., Belonia terrigena Eitner, Gongylia incarnata (Th. Fr. & Graewe) Zahlbr., Gongylia macrospora Suza ex Servít

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses

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 arctic-alpine species found on soil rich in humus, often in rather disturbed habitats, such as on mountain track sides, mostly above treeline; easy to overlook and probably more widespread in the Alps, but rare.