LICHALP

Rinodina olivaceobrunnea C.W. Dodge & G.E. Baker

Syn.: Rinodina archaea (Ach.) Arnold f. minuta Anzi ex Arnold, Rinodina archaeoides H. Magn., Rinodina soredicola Degel.

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, plant debris,

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: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on soil, bryophytes and plant debris in tundra-like environments over siliceous substrata; widespread throughout the Alps.