Scytinium intermedium is a small foliose cyanolichen, similar to S. gelatinosum, but with smaller lobes. It is a terricolous species, preferring calcareous soil in loose low grasslands, rarely also colonizes mossy tree bark. It is very rare in the Czech Republic and it is known from only six localities (Malíček et al. 2014, Vondrák et al. 2022): Český kras (Bohemian karst), Křivoklát region (Týřov, Stříbrný luh), Hrubý Jeseník Mts, near Třebíč and Brno. In the Křivoklát region, it locally forms extensive populations among mosses on calcium-enriched spilite rocks and shallow basic soil.
Literature: Malíček J., Palice Z. & Vondrák J. (2014): New lichen records and rediscoveries from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. – Herzogia 27: 257–284. Vondrák J., Svoboda S., Malíček J., Palice Z., Kocourková J., Knudsen K., Mayrhofer H., Thüs H., Schultz M., Košnar J. & Hofmeister J. (2022): From Cinderella to Princess: an exceptional hotspot of lichen diversity in a long-inhabited central-European landscape. – Preslia 94: 143–181.
taxonomic classification:Ascomycota → Lecanoromycetes → Peltigerales → Collemataceae → Scytinium
most frequented synonyms:Leptogium intermediumRed List (Malíček 2023):C1 – critically endangered
Occurrence in the Czech Republic
All records: 7, confirmed 7. One click on a selected square displays particular record(s), including their source(s).