LICHALP

Leprocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) M. Choisy

Syn.: Leprocaulon microscopicum (Vill.) Gams, Leprocaulon nanum (Ach.) Nyl. ex Lamy, Lichen microscopicus Vill., Lichen quisquiliaris Leers, Stereocaulon microscopicum (Vill.) Frey, Stereocaulon nanum (Ach.) Ach., Stereocaulon quisquiliare (Leers) Hoffm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), siliceous rocks, , bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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 mainly mild-temperate to Mediterranean lichen found on basic siliceous rocks covered by a thin film of soil, sometimes even on subacid bark, exceptionally reaching the montane belt in the Western Alps.