LICHALP

Carbonea latypizodes (Nyl.) Knoph & Rambold

Syn.: Lecidea lacteola Nyl., Lecidea latypea Ach. var. latypizodes (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Lecidea latypizodes Nyl., Lecidella lacteola (Nyl.) Hertel & Leuckert

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: an early coloniser of small pebbles in dusty situations, especially near the ground, with a wide altitudinal range and scattered records from the Alps.