LICHALP

Toninia aromatica (Sm.) A. Massal.

Syn.: Bacidia sardoa (Körb.) Zahlbr., Bilimbia acervulata (Nyl.) Jatta, Bilimbia aromatica (Sm.) Jatta, Bilimbia sanguinaria (Bagl.) Jatta, Bilimbia sardoa Körb., Lecidea acervulata Nyl., Lecidea aromatica (Sm.) Turner, Lecidea austerula Nyl., Lecidea fusispora (Hepp ex Körb.) Stizenb., Lecidea geoleuca Nyl., Lecidea heterophora Nyl., Lecidea hypsophila Nyl., Lecidea subaromatica Nyl., Lecidea turneri Leight., Lichen aromaticus Sm., Raphiospora fusispora Hepp ex Körb., Thalloidima fusisporum (Hepp ex Körb.) Müll. Arg., Toninia acervulata (Nyl.) Kremp., Toninia affinis Vězda, Toninia fusispora (Hepp ex Körb.) Th. Fr., Toninia geoleuca (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Toninia heterophora (Nyl.) Arnold, Toninia hypsophila (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Toninia meridionalis B. de Lesd., Toninia pelophila Poelt & Vězda, Toninia sanguinaria Bagl., Toninia sinensis Zahlbr., Toninia squamulosa Deakin, Toninia turneri (Leight.) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists), calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a holarctic species with a wide latitudinal range, found on horizontal to weakly inclined surfaces of calcareous to basic siliceous substrata, including bricks and roofing tiles in urban areas, often starting the life-cycle on other crustose lichens; the species has a wide altitudinal range, but seems to be most common at relatively low elevations; widespread throughout the Alps.