LICHALP

Encephalographa elisae A. Massal.

Syn.: Encephalographa cerebrina (DC.) A. Massal. var. elisae (A. Massal.) Anzi, Encephalographa rubiformis A. Massal., Melaspilea elisae (A. Massal.) Redinger, Melaspilea rubiformis (A. Massal.) Redinger

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 mild-temperate lichen found on compact calcareous rocks in sheltered, microclimatically stable situations, often in underhangs; apparently more frequent in the Western and Southern Alps.