LICHALP

Psora decipiens (Hedw.) Hoffm.

Syn.: Biatora decipiens (Hedw.) Fr., Lecanora decipiens (Hedw.) Ach., Lecidea decipiens (Hedw.) Ach., Lichen decipiens Hedw.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a widespread holarctic species with a broad altitudinal and latitudinal range, found on bare calciferous soil, especially in dry grasslands; rare only in areas with intensive grazing, high trampling, and intense disturbance. The wide ecological amplitude could be due to the capacity of associating with several different species of Trebouxia and Asterochloris; widespread throughout the Alps.