LICHALP

Lecidella scabra (Taylor) Hertel & Leuckert

Syn.: Lecidea alienata Nyl., Lecidea enterochlora Taylor, Lecidea parasema (Ach.) Ach. var. prasinula Wedd., Lecidea prasinula (Wedd.) B. de Lesd., Lecidea protrusa Fr., Lecidea scabra Taylor, Lecidella dirumpens (Hertel & Poelt) Hertel & Poelt, Lecidella prasinula (Wedd.) Hertel, Lithographa larbalestieri Leight.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate to Mediterranean lichen found on basic siliceous substrata wetted by rain in species-poor stands; the species is chemically heterogeneous.