LICHALP

Buellia epigaea (Pers.) Tuck.

Syn.: Buellia nivea (Anzi) Zahlbr., Catolechia epigaea (Pers.) Anzi, Diploicia epigaea (Pers.) A. Massal., Lecanora epigaea (Pers.) Ach., Lecidea epigaea (Pers.) Schaer., Lichen epigaeus Pers., Parmelia epigaea (Pers.) Ach., Psora epigaea (Pers.) Hoffm., Rinodina nivea Anzi

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, plant debris, calciferous soil

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: widespread in Europe, from submediterranean regions to Scandinavia, on base-rich mineral soil, weathered gypsum and gypsum soil; widespread in the Alps as well, but generally not common.