LICHALP

Verrucaria praetermissa (Trevis.) Anzi

Syn.: Leiophloea praetermissa Trevis., Verrucaria laevata sensu Körb. non Ach. nec auct., Verrucaria subturicensis Zahlbr., Verrucaria turicensis Zschacke non (G. Winter) Stizenb., Verrucaria zahlbruckneri Zschacke

Lichenised.

Substrate: ,

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: a silicicolous, probably circumboreal freshwater species, submerged only for very short periods, mostly found along creeks, on mineral-rich siliceous rocks, more rarely on calcareous substrata; material from the Alps needs revision.