LICHALP

Acarospora nitrophila H. Magn. subsp. nitrophila

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 widespread species found on steeply inclined to overhanging faces of basic siliceous rocks, usually in species-poor communities, mostly near settlements; widespread throughout the Alps.