LICHALP

Caloplaca hungarica auct. p.p. non H. Magn,

Syn.: Caloplaca ferruginea auct. p.p. non (Huds.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: bark

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 taxon of the C. ferruginea-group with an unresolved taxonomy and nomenclature, similar and probably related to C. hungarica H. Magn., characterised by pycnidia with black ostioles; on branches of various broad-leaved and coniferous trees in open habitats; widespread in the Mediterranean region, not rare at low elevations in the Western Alps (France), and likely to occur also in adjacent Italy. See also note to C. hungarica H. Magn.