LICHALP

Lecanora gangaleoides Nyl.

Syn.: Lecanora cenisia Ach. var. gangaleoides (Nyl.) Harm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 mild-temperate lichen found on base-rich, but lime-poor siliceous rocks in sheltered situations, often in underhangs; most frequent in the Western Alps.