LICHALP

Caloplaca monacensis (Leder.) Lettau

Syn.: Callopisma cerinum (Hedw.) De Not. var. cyanoleprum (DC.) A. Massal., Caloplaca cerina (Hedw.) var. cyanolepra (DC.) J. J.Kickx, Patellaria cerina (Hedw.) Hoffm. var. cyanolepra DC., Pyrenodesmia monacensis Leder.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 species of the C. cerina-group with an almost completely granulose thallus and apothecia of the C. cerina-type, usually with whitish-pruinose margins; on bark of deciduous trees along roads or in rural landscapes; widespread in Europe with scattered records from the Alps, but not common.