LICHALP

Clavascidium lacinulatum (Ach.) M. Prieto var. lacinulatum

Syn.: Catapyrenium lacinulatum (Ach.) Breuss, Endocarpon hepaticum Ach. var. lacinulatum Ach., Placidiopsis grappae Beltr., Placidium lacinulatum (Ach.) Breuss, Placidium rufescens (Ach.) A. Massal. var. trapeziforme A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a mainly Mediterranean-Atlantic to mild-temperate terricolous species found on loess and calciferous ground, most frequent in dry grasslands at relatively low elevations; apparently more frequent in the Western and Southern Alps. See also Nimis (1993: 545).