Atla alpina is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae,[1] and the type species of the genus Atla. Found in Europe, it was formally described as a new species in 2008 by Sanja Savić and Leif Tibell. The type specimen was collected near Djupdalsvallen (Mittåkläppen, Härjedalen, Sweden) at an altitude of 1,170 m (3,840 ft), where it was found growing on northwest-facing, vertical slate rocks. In addition to Sweden, the lichen has been recorded from Scandinavia, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Austria, and Germany, at altitudes ranging from 345 to 2,700 m (1,132 to 8,858 ft).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Verrucariales |
| Family: | Verrucariaceae |
| Genus: | Atla |
| Species: | A. alpina
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| Atla alpina Savić & Tibell (2008)
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References
edit- ^ "Atla alpina Savić & Tibell". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Savić, Sanja; Tibell, Leif (2008). "Atla, a new genus in the Verrucariaceae ( Verrucariales)". The Lichenologist. 40 (4): 269–282. doi:10.1017/s0024282908007512.
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