LICHALP

Umbilicaria deusta (L.) Baumg.

Syn.: Gyrophora aenea Schaer. var. flocculosa (Wulfen) Schaer., Gyrophora deusta (L.) Ach., Gyrophora flocculosa (Wulfen) Turner & Borrer, Gyrophora polyphylla (L.) Funck var. deusta (L.) Rabenh., Lichen deustus L., Umbilicaria flocculosa (Wulfen) Hoffm.

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: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on rocks wetted by rain near the ground, in sites with a long snow cover; one of the most common Umbilicaria throughout the Alps.