LICHALP

Caloplaca oasis (A. Massal.) Szatala f. oasis

Syn.: Callopisma aurantiacum (Lightf.) A. Massal. var. oasis A. Massal., Caloplaca aurantiaca (Lightf.) Th. Fr. f. oasis (A. Massal.) Th. Fr., Flavoplaca oasis (A. Massal.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting

Lichenised.

Substrate:

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 mild-temperate lichen found on hard, compact limestones in sheltered sites with plenty of diffuse light, such as in open deciduous forests; parasitic on endolithic lichens, especially Bagliettoa-species without an involucrellum (mainly B. calciseda, sometimes B. marmorea).