LICHALP

Lichinella iodopulchra (Couderc ex Croz.) P.P. Moreno & Egea

Syn.: Gonohymenia iodopulchra (Couderc ex Croz.) Henssen, Parmelia stygia Schaer. var. pulvinata Schaer., Omphalaria iodopulchra Couderc ex Croz., Omphalaria pulvinata auct. non (Schaer.) Nyl., Thyrea pulvinata (Schaer.) A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal distribution: submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: on steeply inclined to vertical seepage tracks of more or less calcareous or basic siliceous rocks; most common in the Mediterranean belt, with a few scattered records from the Southern and Western Alps.