LICHALP

Scytinium magnussonii (Degel. & P.M. Jørg.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin

Syn.: Leptogium magnussonii Degel. & P.M. Jørg.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: described from Scandinavia, and also known from Western Europe, this species is found in seepage tracks of granitic rocks, gneiss and weakly calcareous rocks below the subalpine belt, with a few records from the Southern and Central Alps.