LICHALP

Rhizocarpon hochstetteri (Körb.) Vain.

Syn.: Buellia chlorospora (Nyl.) Hellb., Buellia colludens (Nyl.) Arnold, Buellia hochstetteri (Körb.) Mong., Catillaria colludens (Nyl.) Jatta, Catillaria hochstetteri Körb., Catocarpus koerberi Stein, Lecidea applanata (Fr.) Leight., Lecidea colludens Nyl., Rhizocarpon applanatum (Fr.) Th. Fr., Rhizocarpon crenulatum H. Magn., Rhizocarpon koerberi (Stein) Klem., Rhizocarpon massalongii sensu Malme non (Körb.) Malme

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 widespread, probably northern holarctic lichen found on mineral-rich siliceous rocks, in seepage tracks and near creeks.