LICHALP

Allantoparmelia alpicola (Th. Fr.) Essl.

Syn.: Hypogymnia alpicola (Th. Fr.) Hav., Parmelia alpicola Th. Fr., Parmelia jinretleni Gyeln., Parmelia nigrita (Flot.) Hillmann

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on hard siliceous rocks, often on quartz, in wind-exposed ridges near or above treeline; probably ranging throughout the siliceous Alps.