LICHALP

Rinodina pityrea Ropin & H. Mayrhofer

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, calciferous rocks

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 temperate species found on asbestos-cement and mortar, often on walls or on the base of rough barked deciduous trees; probably more widespread in the Alps, but easy to overlook, being often sterile.