Collema-fuscovirens_4

Description:

Collema fuscovirens Dat.: Oct. 3. 2012Lat.: 46.34972 Long.: 13.57223Code: Bot_662/2012_DSC_5350Habitat: Small pastures delimited by stone and rock walls; south oriented warm mountain slope, calcareous ground, fairly sunny and dry place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 630 m (2.100 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: Bare vertical calcareous rock (limestone or dolomite).Place: Bovec basin, pastures east of Plajerjeva skala place, north of Bovec, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: A few species up to 12 x 6 cm dimension in fairly humid state. Ref.:(1) nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/Photo_Gallery/PG_index.html (2) www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/Collema/BBBB3687 (3) V. Wirth, Die Flechten Baden-Wuerttembergs, Vol.1. Ulmer (1995), p 347.(4) F.S. Dobson, Lichens, The Richmonds Publishing Ca.LTD (2005), p 154.