LICHALP

Tetramelas papillatus (Sommerf.) Kalb

Syn.: Buellia papillata (Sommerf.) Tuck., Buellia parasema De Not. var. papillata (Sommerf.) Th. Fr., Lecidea papillata Sommerf.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine lichen found on terricolous bryophytes, mostly above treeline; it is related to T. insignis.