LICHALP

Lepra albescens (Huds.) Hafellner var. albescens

Syn.: Lichen albescens Huds., Marfloraea albescens (Huds.) S.Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Hur, Pertusaria albescens (Huds.) M. Choisy & Werner var. albescens, Pertusaria communis DC. var. discoidea (Pers.) Garov., Pertusaria communis DC. var. variolosa (Flot.) Schaer., Pertusaria deschatresii Werner, Pertusaria discoidea (Pers.) Malme, Pertusaria globulifera (Turner) A. Massal., Pertusaria leprarioides Erichsen non auct., Pertusaria orbiculata (Schreb.) Zahlbr., Pertusaria scutellata Hue, Variolaria discoidea Pers.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate epiphytic lichen, most common in deciduous open woodlands of the submediterranean and montane belts; widespread throughout the Alps.