LICHALP

Caloplaca variabilis (Pers.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Blastenia rhinodinoides (J. Steiner) Szatala, Callopisma variabile (Pers.) Trevis., Caloplaca alpestris (Ach.) Ozenda & Clauzade, Caloplaca fulva (Anzi) J. Steiner, Caloplaca intercedens (Trevis.) J. Steiner, Caloplaca paepalostoma (Anzi) Jatta, Caloplaca rhinodinoides J. Steiner, Caloplaca variabilis (Pers.) Th. Fr. f. fulva (Anzi) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Caloplaca variabilis (Pers.) Th. Fr. f. paepalostoma (Anzi) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Caloplaca variabilis (Pers.) Th. Fr. var. ochracea Müll. Arg., Lecanora variabilis (Pers.) Ach., Lichen variabilis Pers., Placodium fulvum Anzi, Placodium paepalostomum Anzi, Placodium variabile (Pers.) Hepp, Pyrenodesmia intercedens Trevis., Pyrenodesmia variabilis (Pers.) A. Massal., Rinodina articulata Bagl., Thelotrema intercedens (Trevis.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

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

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 probably holarctic, subtropical to boreal-montane, very polymorphic lichen found on a wide variety of calciferous substrata wetted by rain; widespread throughout the Alps.