LICHALP

Clauzadea chondrodes (A. Massal.) Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Biatora chondrodes A. Massal., Biatora cyclisca A. Massal., Clauzadea cyclisca (A. Massal.) V. Wirth, Lecidea chondrodes (A. Massal.) Malbr., Lecidea cyclisca (A. Massal.) Malbr., Lecidea savonensis B. de Lesd., Protoblastenia chondrodes (A. Massal.) Zahlbr., Protoblastenia cyclisca (A. Massal.) Szatala

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly temperate lichen found on limestone and dolomite, on surfaces with short periods of water seepage after rain, often with colonies of cyanobacteria, but avoiding very dry situations.