Psora decipiens_5

Description:

Psora decipiensBlushing scaleDate: August 28. 2009Lat.: 46.43964 Long.: 13.64509Code: Bot_374/2009-2858Habitat: Dry upland grassland, open space, plain ground, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.960 m (6.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Shallow mossy soil covering calcareous rock.Place: Mangarts flats, west of Mt. Mangart, m (feet), East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECReferences:- F. Dobson, Lichens, The Richmond Publ. (2005), p372 - V.Wirth, Die Flechen Baden-Wuerttembergs, Ulmer, Vol. 1.and 2.(1995), p787.- I. Brodo, S.Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p599.- V. Wirth, R.Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p116.Comments: Wirth considers this species as a rare one.