LICHALP

Peltigera rufescens (Weiss) Humb.

Syn.: Lichen caninus L. var. rufescens Weiss, Lichen rufescens (Weiss) Neck., Peltidea ulorrhiza Flörke, Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. var. crispa Kickx, Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. var. rufescens (Weiss) Mudd

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, , calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a widespread holarctic lichen, most common in dry grasslands, especially in upland areas, but also in the Mediterranean belt, where it is generally rare due to intensive grazing and trampling; widespread and common throughout the Alps.