LICHALP

Lecidella asema (Nyl.) Knoph & Hertel var. asema

Syn.: Lecidea asema Nyl., Lecidea distrata Arnold non Nyl., Lecidea distratula Zahlbr., Lecidea latypea auct. p.p. non Ach., Lecidea polyantha Taylor ex Leight., Lecidea subincongrua Nyl., Lecidella subincongrua (Nyl.) Hertel & Leuckert

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 widespread, chemically variable species of basic siliceous rocks, on faces wetted by rain, with a wide altitudinal range, but rarely occurring above treeline.