LICHALP

Caloplaca adriatica (Zahlbr.) Servít

Syn.: Caloplaca schaereri (Arnold) Zahlbr. var. adriatica Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a Mediterranean to mild-temperate lichen found on steeply inclined, hard limestone rocks, with a few records from the Southern and Western Alps.