LICHALP

Allocetraria madreporiformis (Ach.) Kärnefelt & A. Thell

Syn.: Dactylina madreporiformis (Ach.) Tuck., Dufourea madreporiformis Ach., Evernia madreporiformis (Ach.) Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, 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 alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine species found in open grasslands and in wind-exposed ridges near and above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.