LICHALP

Gyalolechia fulgida (Nyl.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup

Syn.: Caloplaca fulgida (Nyl.) J. Steiner, Fulgensia fulgida (Nyl.) Szatala, Lecanora fulgida (Nyl.) Hue, Placodium fulgidum Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, calciferous soil

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 mainly Mediterranean lichen found on rock, especially in fissures, more rarely on soil in dry grasslands, with several records from the base of the Western Alps (France, Italy).