LICHALP

Verrucaria cataleptoides (Nyl.) Nyl.

Syn.: Lithocia cataleptoides (Nyl.) Arnold, Verrucaria margacea (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb. var. cataleptoides Nyl., Verrucaria cataleptoides (Nyl.) Nyl. f. margolae Servít

Lichenised.

Substrate:

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: on periodically submerged calcareous rocks (records from other rock types need confirmation). This species, frequently considered as a synonym of V. aethiobola, clearly differs both in important morphological characters and in the occurrence on calcareous rocks.