LICHALP

Frutidella caesioatra (Schaer.) Kalb

Syn.: Lecidea arctica Sommerf., Lecidea caesioatra Schaer., Lecidella arctica (Sommerf.) Körb., Lecidella caesioatra (Schaer.) Kalb

Lichenised.

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

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 silicicolous mosses, especially Andreaea and Grimmia, in places with a long snow cover, more rarely directly on rock.