LICHALP

Verrucaria apatela (A. Massal.) Trevis.

Syn.: Lithocia apatela A. Massal.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: on steeply inclined faces of limestone and dolomite; reported from many sites in Central and Southern Europe, closely related to V. macrostoma.