LICHALP

Rinodina occulta (Körb.) Sheard

Syn.: Buellia occulta Körb., Lecanora tegulicola Nyl., Rinodina diplocheila Vain. ex H. Magn., Rinodina tegulicola (Nyl.) J. Steiner, Rinodina verrucarioides H. Magn.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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: on vertical to underhanging surfaces of hard siliceous rocks, with a few scattered records only from the Alps.