LICHALP

Catillaria picila (A. Massal.) Coppins

Syn.: Biatora picila A. Massal., Biatorina picila (A. Massal.) Zahlbr., Catillaria anomaloides auct. non (A. Massal.) Lettau, Lecidea anomaliza Nyl., Lecidea picila (A. Massal.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 temperate species found on compact calcareous rocks, especially limestone but also on calciferous schists, often together with C. minuta.