LICHALP

Rinodina oxydata (A. Massal.) A. Massal.

Syn.: Buellia discolor Arnold, Buellia discolor Arnold var. candida (Schaer.) Anzi, Buellia griseonigra (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Lecanora confragosa (Ach.) Röhl. var. lecideotropa Nyl., Lecanora contribuens Nyl., Lecanora dissentanea Nyl., Lecanora griseofusca Nyl., Lecanora intuta Nyl., Lecidea discolor Hepp, Lecidea griseonigra Nyl., Mischoblastia oxydata A. Massal., Rinodina aequalis (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Rinodina biatorina Körb., Rinodina candida (Schaer.) Arnold, Rinodina contribuens (Nyl.) Boistel, Rinodina discolor (Arnold) Arnold, Rinodina dissimilis Anzi, Rinodina griseofusca (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Rinodina griseonigra (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Rinodina intuta (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Rinodina lecideotropa (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Rinodina subarenaria A.L. Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a temperate to tropical, widespread species known from from southern Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America, Macaronesia and Europe, found on seepage tracks of (mostly) base-rich, hard, smooth metamorphic rocks, often along mountain creeks.