LICHALP

Scytinium leptogioides (Anzi) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin

Syn.: Collema leptogioides Anzi, Leptogium diffractum sensu Arnold non Kremp. ex Körber, Leptogium marcii Harm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mainly Mediterranean species found on steeply inclined surfaces of calcareous rocks, often on cyanobacterial colonies, sometimes also on walls, with a few records from the Western Alps.