LICHALP

Caloplaca chanousiae Sambo

Syn.: Fulgensia chanousiae (Sambo) Poelt

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal distribution: alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: on weakly calciferous schists; reported only from the Western and Southern Alps; a revision of the type material is badly needed.