LICHALP

Buellia stellulata (Taylor) Mudd

Syn.: Buellia candidula Arnold, Buellia lactea (A. Massal.) Körb. var. maritima (A. Massal.) Anzi, Buellia maritima (A. Massal.) Bagl., Buellia minutula (Hepp) Arnold, Buellia subalbula (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. var. adriatica Zahlbr., Catolechia maritima A. Massal., Lecidea candidella Nyl., Lecidea microtera Nyl., Lecidea stellulata Taylor

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, siliceous 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 montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate to subtropical lichen found on calciferous and base-rich, hard siliceous rocks (e.g. on basalt), both near the coast and in dry-warm valleys of the Alps.