LICHALP

Lecidea lithophila (Ach.) Ach.

Syn.: Lecidea farinosa H. Magn., Lecidea heteromorpha H. Magn., Lecidea lapicida (Ach.) Ach. f. lecanactis (A. Massal.) Arnold, Lecidea lapicida (Ach.) Ach. var. lithophila Ach., Lecidea lithophiliza Nyl., Lecidea pruinosa auct., Lecidella lithophila (Ach.) Arnold, Lecidella pruinosa Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, metal-rich siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an ecologically wide-ranging, pioneer species found on vertical to slightly inclined surfaces of acid siliceous rocks close to the ground, also on iron-rich substrata, with optimum above the montane belt; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.