LICHALP

Porpidia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J.Schwab

Syn.: Haplocarpon macrocarpum (DC.) M. Choisy, Haplocarpon nigrocruentum (Anzi) Hertel, Huilia macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel, Huilia nigrocruenta (Anzi) Hertel, Lecidea baderi Müll. Arg., Lecidea contigua auct. non (Hoffm.) Fr., Lecidea contortula Stirt., Lecidea macrocarpa (DC.) Steud., Lecidea nigrocruenta Anzi, Lecidea phylliscina Nyl., Lecidea platycarpa Ach., Lecidea steriza (Ach.) Vain., Lecidea tenebrans Nyl., Lecidea vinorubens Werner, Patellaria macrocarpa DC., L - Porpidia nigrocruenta (Anzi) Diederich & Sérus.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists), calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: on siliceous rocks near the ground, sometimes on metal-rich substrata in humid-sheltered situations, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.