LICHALP

Myriolecis hagenii (Ach.) Śliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch

Syn.: Lecanora bormiensis Nyl., Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach., Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach. f. saxifragae Anzi, Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach. var. bormiensis (Nyl.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach. var. fallax Hepp, Lichen hagenii Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, bark, lignum, living mosses, plant debris

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 belonging to a very difficult complex. It is common on isolated trees with base-rich bark, and on calciferous substrata, including walls of mortar; widespread throughout the Alps.