LICHALP

Rhizocarpon alpicola (Fr.) Rabenh.

Syn.: Buellia alpicola (Fr.) Anzi, Catocarpus chionophilus (Th. Fr.) Stein, Catocarpus oreites (Vain.) Eitner, Rhizocarpon chionophilum Th. Fr., Rhizocarpon conglomeratum (Fr.) Räsänen nom.illeg., Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. var. alpicola (Fr.) A. Massal., Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. var. geronticum (Ach.) Räsänen, Rhizocarpon geronticum (Ach.) H. Magn. comb. inval., Rhizocarpon oreites (Vain.) Zahlbr., Rhizocarpon ridniense Räsänen

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 nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen found on horizontal to weakly inclined surfaces of hard siliceous rocks with a long snow cover in cold situations.