LICHALP

Myriolecis albescens (Hoffm.) Śliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch

Syn.: Lecanora albescens (Hoffm.) Branth & Rostr., Lecanora galactina Ach., Lecanora urbana Nyl., Patellaria albescens (Hoffm.) Trevis., Placodium albescens (Hoffm.) DC., Psora albescens Hoffm., Squamaria albescens (Hoffm.) Anzi

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: a holarctic lichen found on a wide variety of calciferous or base-rich substrata including mortar, brick, roofing tiles, and walls, also in large urban areas; widespread throughout the Alps.