LICHALP

Buellia atrocinerella (Nyl.) Scheid.

Syn.: Lecanora atrocinerella Nyl., Rinodina atrocinerella (Nyl.) Boistel

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species with a brownish-grey thallus and elongated marginal areoles reacting K+ yellow, then red; on siliceous rocks in xerothermic sites at low elevations; in the study area so far only known from the Western Alps (France, Italy).