LICHALP

Myriolecis pruinosa (Chaub.) Śliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch

Syn.: Lecanora adriatica Zahlbr., Lecanora cretacea (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb., Lecanora lagostana Zahlbr., Lecanora pruinifera Nyl., Lecanora pruinosa Chaub., Lecanora sulphurascens Nyl., Lecanora teichotea Nyl., Placodium cretaceum Müll. Arg., Placodium teichoteum (Nyl.) Boistel, Squamaria pruinosa (Chaub.) Duby, Squamaria sulphurascens (Nyl.) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate species found on limestone, dolomite, mortar, brick and, more rarely, basic siliceous rocks; apparently more frequent in the Southern and Western Alps.