LICHALP

Amandinea punctata (Hoffm.) Coppins & Scheid.

Syn.: Buellia cupreola Müll. Arg., Buellia myriocarpa (DC.) De Not., Buellia punctata (Hoffm.) A. Massal., Buellia punctiformis (Hoffm.) A. Massal., Buellia stigmatea (Schaer.) Körb., Karschia thallophila (Ohlert) Rehm, Lecidea myriocarpa (DC.) Röhl., Lecidea punctata (Hoffm.) Flörke, Patellaria myriocarpa DC., Verrucaria punctata Hoffm.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: bark, lignum, siliceous rocks, plant debris, living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

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 very poorly understood taxon; in its present circumscription, an almost cosmopolitan lichen found on a wide variety of substrata, including bark, lignum, siliceous rocks, roofing tiles and brick; heterogeneous, and in need of revision.