LICHALP

Caloplaca nana (Gaya) Nav.-Ros. & Cl. Roux

Syn.: Caloplaca arnoldii (Wedd.) Zahlbr. ex Ginzb. subsp. nana Gaya

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: this species has the same ecology as C. arnoldii; from the Alps there are only a few scattered records.