LICHALP

Psilolechia lucida (Ach.) M. Choisy

Syn.: Biatora lucida (Ach.) Fr., Lecidea lucida (Ach.) Ach., Lichen lucidus Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, lignum, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: in underhangs of siliceous rocks protected from rain in humid areas, but also on a wide range of substrata (soil, exposed roots, bases of ancient trees), with a correspondingly wide altitudinal range.