LICHALP

Caloplaca conglomerata (Bagl.) Jatta

Syn.: Callopisma conglomeratum Bagl., Caloplaca amabilis Zahlbr., Caloplaca peludella (Nyl.) Hasse, Lecanora peludella Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a Mediterranean to xeric subtropical species of base-rich siliceous rocks, often growing with species of Peltula, and starting the life-cycle on other crustose lichens; mostly Mediterranean, but also found, although very rarely, in dry-continental valleys of the Alps.