LICHALP

Lathagrium cristatum (L.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin var. cristatum

Syn.: Collema cristatum (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg., Collema granuliferum Nyl., Collema hypergenum Nyl., Collema melaenum (Ach.) Ach., Lichen cristatus L.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, , 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 holarctic lichen found on exposed limestone and dolomite with some seepage of water after rain (an ecological feature which is very evident in dry Mediterranean areas, where the species is confined to rain-tracks), widespread throughout the Alps.