LICHALP

Peltula placodizans (Zahlbr.) Wetmore

Syn.: Endocarpiscum placodizans (Zahlbr.) Fink, Heppia placodizans Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous 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: on steeply inclined seepage tracks of basic siliceous rocks, both in the Mediterranean belt and in warm-dry alpine valleys of the Alps, where it is extremely rare.