Status of species |
A rare species. Registered in Red Data Book of Estonia and in the Lists
of endangered lichens species in Finland, Germany, Austria and Poland. |
Distribution |
Central and western part of Latvia. |
Habitat |
An epiphytic lichen on tree trunks. |
Occurance |
Singly specimens occur on deciduous tree trunks. |
Reproduction |
By soredia. |
Changes in number and distribution |
Found for the first time in Latvia in Slītere (A. Bruttan, 1870), between
Līgatne and Sigulda in 1922, in Brasla valley
(H. Skuja, 1923), and in Nurmizi ravine (A. Piterāns, 1974). |
Existing protection |
Decision Nr 107, 1987 by the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR.
Lichen localities are known in Gauja National Park and Slītere reserve.
Red Data Book of Latvia, 1985. |
Suggestions for study |
Lichen biology and dynamics of population development should be studied.
Its distribution should be defined. |