LICHALP

Porpidia rugosa (Taylor) Coppins & Fryday

Syn.: Endocarpon rugosum Taylor, Haplocarpon glaucophaeum (Körb.) V. Wirth, Huilia glaucophaea (Körb.) Hertel, Lecidea albocaerulescens (Wulfen) Ach. var. alpina Schaer., Lecidea albocaerulescens (Wulfen) Ach. var. soralifera Vain., Lecidea albuginosa Nyl., Lecidea glaucophaea Körb., Lecidea phaeenterodes Nyl., Lecidea soredizodes (Nyl.) Vain. non (Lamy ex Nyl.) Sandst., Porpidia glaucophaea (Körb.) Hertel & Knoph

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks,

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a mainly mild-temperate species found on siliceous, often metamorphic rocks in sheltered situations, such as in forests and deep gorges, along rivers and creeks, or on pebbles on moist ground.