LICHALP

Lecania sylvestris (Arnold) Arnold var. sylvestris

Syn.: Biatora holomelaena (Flörke) Hepp, Biatora sylvestris Arnold, Biatorina sylvestris (Arnold) Körb., Catillaria sylvestris (Arnold) Lettau

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mild-temperate lichen of calcareous substrata, including mortar walls; probably more widespread in the Alps, but never common; closely related to L. hutchinsiae.