LICHALP

Caloplaca alociza (A. Massal.) Mig.

Syn.: Biatorina alociza A. Massal., Blastenia alociza (A. Massal.) Werner, Lecaniella alociza (A. Massal.) Jatta, Sporoblastia alociza (A. Massal.) Trevis., Pyrenodesmia alociza (A. Massal.) Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: this species differs from C. albopruinosa in the hymenium inspersed by crystals and the apothecia without a thalline margin; on hard limestones and dolomite, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread and common throughout the Alps.