LICHALP

Monerolechia badia (Fr.) Kalb

Syn.: Buellia badia (Fr.) A. Massal., Buellia bayrhofferi (Schaer.) H. Olivier, Buellia conioptiza (Nyl.) B. de Lesd., Buellia duebenii (Fr.) Hellb., Buellia pernigrans (Nyl.) Sandst., Buellia schisticola H. Magn., Catolechia badia (Fr.) Kremp., Karschia bayrhofferi (Schaer.) Rehm, Lecidea badia Fr., Lecidea bayrhofferi Schaer., Lecidea conioptiza Nyl., Lecidea pernigrans Nyl., Monerolechia bayrhofferi (Schaer.) Trevis., Rhizocarpon badium (Fr.) Sambo

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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 holarctic, subtropical to boreal-montane lichen found on steeply inclined, base-rich siliceous rocks, which starts the life-cycle on other lichens, later becoming autonomous; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.