LICHALP

Rinodinella controversa (A. Massal.) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt

Syn.: Berengeria controversa (A. Massal.) Trevis., Berengeria fusca (A. Massal.) Trevis., Buellia dubyana (Hepp) Rabenh. var. nigrescens Müll. Arg., Catolechia fusca A. Massal., Lecanora budensis Nyl., Rinodina budensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Rinodina controversa A. Massal., Rinodina crustulata (A. Massal.) Arnold, Rinodina fusca (A. Massal.) Bagl., Rinodina sublobata (Arnold) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly southern species in Europe, found on the top of exposed calcareous boulders, with optimum below the montane belt; apparently most frequent in the Western and the Southern Alps (France, Italy).