LICHALP

Lecidea lapicida (Ach.) Ach. var. spilotica (Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux

Syn.: Lecidea spilotica Nyl.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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

Note: a not generally recognised taxon, very close to L. lapicida var. pantherina, based on type from the Pyrenees on schist, accepted only in the French lichenological literature.