LICHALP

Peltula euploca (Ach.) Poelt

Syn.: Endocarpon guepinii Delise, Endocarpon maravignae Tornab., Heppia euploca (Ach.) Vain., Heppia guepinii (Delise) Nyl., Heppia ruinicola Nyl., Heppia tenebrata Nyl., Lichen euplocus Ach., ?Omphalaria veronensis A. Massal., Peltula guepinii (Delise) Gyeln., Peltula laciniata (Bagl. & Carestia) Poelt comb. inval., Peltula ruinicola (Nyl.) Gyeln., ?Thyrea veronensis (A. Massal.) A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a widespread species of warm-dry areas found on steeply inclined seepage tracks of basic siliceous rocks, with optimum below the montane belt; in the Alps most frequent in the inner xerothermic valleys.