LICHALP

Caloplaca ferrarii (Bagl.) Jatta

Syn.: Callopisma ferrarii Bagl., Xanthocarpia ferrarii (Bagl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous 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 temperate early coloniser of mortar walls, gypsum outcrops and other calciferous, often man-made, soft substrata at relatively low elevations; perhaps more widespread in lowland areas of the Alps. Recently, this taxon was shown to be paraphyletic and to contain at least two lineages.