LICHALP

Gyalolechia desertorum (Tomin) Søchting, Frödén & Arup

Syn.: Caloplaca desertorum Tomin, Caloplaca geoica H. Magn., Fulgensia desertorum (Tomin) Poelt, Placodium desertorum Tomin

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species found in open grasslands on more or less calciferous soil, to be looked for further in dry-continental valleys of the Alps.