LICHALP

Blennothallia crispa (Huds.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin var. crispa

Syn.: Blennothallia cheilea (Ach.) Trevis., Collema cheileum (Ach.) Ach., Collema conchilobum (Flot.) Körb., Collema crispum (Huds.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg. var. crispum, Lichen crispus Huds.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, calciferous soil

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 mainly mild-temperate lichen found both on calcareous rocks and soil, often in rather disturbed habitats such as walls in villages below the subalpine belt, sometimes reaching beyond treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.