LICHALP

Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen farinaceus L., Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr. var. farinacea (L.) Rabenh., ?Ramalina fallax Motyka, Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. hypoprotocetrarica (W.L. Culb.) D. Hawksw., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. multifida Ach., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. pendulina (Ach.) Ach., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. phalerata (Ach.) Ach., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. reagens B. de Lesd., Ramalina hypoprotocetrarica W.L. Culb., Ramalina reagens (B. de Lesd.) W.L. Culb., Ramalina subfarinacea (Nyl. ex Cromb.) Nyl. var. salazinica D. Hawksw.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 widespread, Mediterranean-Atlantic to southern boreal lichen found on bark in humid situations, from the mountains to the Mediterranean belt; the species is chemically and morphologically very polymorphic; widespread and locally common throughout the Alps, with optimum in the montane belt.