LICHALP

Botryolepraria lesdainii (Hue) Canals, Hern.-Mar., Gómez-Bolea & Llimona

Syn.: Crocynia lesdainii Hue, Lepraria aeruginosa sensu Sm. non (Weiss) Sm., Lepraria lesdainii (Hue) R.C. Harris

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a leprarioid species with a peculiar micromorphology, the thallus being composed of minute, shrub-like clusters with subterminal groups of algal cells; usually on calcareous rocks in full shade; widespread, but not common in the Alps.