LICHALP

Myriolecis crenulata (Hook.) Śliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch

Syn.: Lecanora caesioalba Körb., Lecanora crenulata Hook., Lecanora exomila Stirt., Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach. var. crenulata (Hook.) Ach., Patellaria subfusca (L.) Wibel var. crenulata (Hook.) Trevis.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 steeply inclined faces or in underhangs of hard calciferous rocks, most frequent in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.