LICHALP

Leptochidium albociliatum (Desm.) M. Choisy

Syn.: Collema albociliatum (Desm.) Nyl., Leptogium albociliatum Desm., Polychidium albociliatum (Desm.) Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), , siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 cool-temperate to arctic-alpine lichen found amongst bryophytes on rocks or on soil in open shrublands and grasslands on basic siliceous substrata.