LICHALP

Catillaria lenticularis (Ach.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Biatora lenticularis (Ach.) Fr., Biatorina heppii A. Massal., Biatorina lenticularis (Ach.) Körb., Biatorina lenticularis (Ach.) Körb. var. erubescens Flot., Biatorina lojkana J. Lahm, Biatorina pulicaris A. Massal., Catillaria dolosa auct., Catillaria lenticularis (Ach.) Th. Fr. var. erubescens (Flot.) Th. Fr., Catillaria lojkana (J. Lahm) Zahlbr., Catillaria rhyparophaea (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Catillaria umbrinella Zahlbr., Lecania actaea (Nyl.) B. de Lesd., Lecanora actaea Nyl., Lecidea gagei Hook., Lecidea lenticularis Ach., Lecidea rhyparophaea Nyl., Lecidea umbrinella Nyl. nom.illeg., Microlecia lenticularis (Ach.) M. Choisy

Lichenised.

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

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 mainly mild-temperate lichen found on limestone, more rarely on dolomite, sometimes on nutrient-enriched, base-rich siliceous rocks, with optimum in open woodlands but present also inside conurbations, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.