LICHALP

Gyalecta nidarosiensis (Kindt) Baloch & Lücking

Syn.: Belonia caudata (Vězda & Vivant) P.M. Jørg. & Vězda, Belonia nidarosiensis (Kindt) P.M. Jørg. & Vězda, Clathroporina calcarea Walt. Watson, Clathroporina caudata Vězda & Vivant, Microglaena nidarosiensis Kindt

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: a species with perithecioid, pale to pink ascomata and muriform ascospores with attenuated ends; on steep faces of calcareous cliffs, in overhangs or in sheltered places on stone walls; most common in Western Europe, for the Alps reported from a few localities only.