LICHALP

Lecania sylvestris (Arnold) Arnold var. umbratica (Arnold) M. Mayrhofer

Syn.: Biatorina proteiformis A. Massal. f. umbratica Arnold, Lecania erysibe (Ach.) Mudd f. umbratica (Arnold) Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate lichen of calcareous rocks; probably more widespread in the Alps.