LICHALP

Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen pollinarius Westr., Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. var. bolcana A. Massal., Ramalina intermedia auct. non (Delise ex Nyl.) Nyl., Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. var. humilis Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, siliceous rocks, calciferous rocks, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 widespread, cool-temperate to subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen found on ancient isolated trees, and on vertical to underhanging surfaces of base-rich or calciferous rocks; widespread throughout the Alps.