LICHALP

Toninia philippea (Mont.) Timdal

Syn.: Catillaria arctica Lynge, Catillaria areolata H. Magn., Catillaria cirtensis (Stizenb.) Flagey, Catillaria holtedahlii Lynge, Catillaria ligustica B. de Lesd., Catillaria lutosa A. Massal., Catillaria philippea (Mont.) A. Massal., Catillaria riparia (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr., Catillaria subgrisea (Nyl.) Flagey, Kiliasia philippea (Mont.) Hafellner, Kiliasia riparia (Müll. Arg.) Hafellner, Lecidea capitata Anzi, Lecidea cirtensis Stizenb., Lecidea lutosa Mont. ex Schaer. nom.illeg., Lecidea philippea Mont., Lecidea subgrisea Nyl., Patellaria riparia Müll. Arg.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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: an incompletely holarctic lichen of dry areas found on limestone, dolomite, calciferous sandstone and schists in open situations, most common in dry grasslands, with a wide altitudinal range.