LICHALP

Placidium pilosellum (Breuss) Breuss

Syn.: Catapyrenium bullatescens P.M. McCarthy, Catapyrenium pilosellum Breuss

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a Mediterranean to mild-temperate lichen found on more or less calciferous soil rich in humus, often growing amongst bryophytes; widespread throughout the Alps, below the subalpine belt.