Image of jelly lichen

Description:

Habitat: Bottom of an alpine valley, on loose rocks fence about 1 m (3 feet) above ground, full light, nearly full sun, partly protected from direct rain, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 820 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: calcareous rock, vertical positioned. Comment: Determination not certain. No microscopic verificatioon done. Ref.: F. Dobson, Lichens, The Richmond Publ. (2005), p 155. V.Wirth, Die Flechen Baden-Wuerttembergs, Ulmer (1995), Vol. 1, p 361. I.Brodo, S.Sharnoff, S.Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, Yale Uni. Press (2001), p286. V.Wirth, R.Duell, Farbatlas Flechten und Moose, Ulmer (2000), p108.