LICHALP

Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach. var. symmicta

Syn.: Biatora maculiformis (Hoffm.) Beltr., Biatora symmicta (Ach.) A. Massal., Lecanora symmicta (Ach.) Ach. var. symmictera (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Lecanora symmictera Nyl., Lecanora trabalis (Ach.) Nyl., Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. maculiformis (Hoffm.) Rabenh., Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach. var. symmicta Ach., Lecidea symmicta (Ach.) Ach., Zeora maculiformis (Hoffm.) Trevis.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, calciferous rocks, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

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: a holarctic, boreal-montane to temperate lichen found on acid bark, often on twigs of shrubs, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread and common throughout the Alps.