LICHALP

Stereocaulon nanodes Tuck.

Syn.: Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer var. tyroliense (Nyl.) Arnold, Stereocaulon carinthiacum Frey, Stereocaulon hypopetraeum Vain. ex Räsänen, Stereocaulon nanodes Tuck. f. carinthiacum (Frey) I.M. Lamb ex Frey, Stereocaulon nanodes Tuck. f. tyroliense (Nyl.) I.M. Lamb, Stereocaulon ostrobothniae H. Magn., Stereocaulon tyroliense (Nyl.) Lettau

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, metal-rich siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on mineral-rich rocks, also under overhanging faces, on pebbles and large boulders, often on metal-rich substrata and in rather disturbed habitats.