Leproplaca

Vondrák, Jan, Frolov, Ivan, Davydov, Evgeny A., Yakovchenko, Lidia, Malíček, Jiří, Svoboda, Stanislav & Kubásek, Jiří, 2019, The lichen family Teloschistaceae in the Altai-Sayan region (Central Asia), Phytotaxa 396 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

Leproplaca

3 species recorded in the region. All are crustose, sorediate, without apothecia, and confined to inorganic substrates. Literature: Arup et al. (2013), Nimis (2016).

Leproplaca cirrochroa : 3 localities at altitudes 250–730 m, in arid and humid non-alpine classes. Substrate: limestone.

Leproplaca obliterans : Only one specimen recorded at altitude 1600 m, in humid alpine habitat, at Buybinskiy pereval in West Sayan Mountains (Vondrák 12662). Substrate: base-rich mica-schist in glacier cirque .

Leproplaca xantholyta : Only one specimen recorded at altitude 2800 m, in arid alpine habitat, on Kuray Ridge in Altai (Vondrák 18065). Substrate : limestone, in rock crevice .