LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Hale

Syn.: Imbricaria conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) DC., Lichen conspersus Ehrh. ex Ach., Parmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Ach., Parmelia subconspersa Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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: on siliceous rocks wetted by rain, including pebbles near the ground, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.