LICHALP

Verrucaria beltraminiana (A. Massal.) Trevis.

Syn.: Lithocia beltraminiana A. Massal.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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 horizontal to weakly inclined surfaces of calcareous rocks, including walls in small settlements. A critical species, closely related to (but perhaps distinct from) Verruculopsis lecideoides, which should probably be included in Verruculopsis.