LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia pulla (Ach.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Elix, D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch subsp. pulla var. pulla

Syn.: Neofuscelia pulla (Ach.) Essl., Neofuscelia pulla (Ach.) Essl. var. locarnensis (Zopf ex Rosend.) Hafellner, Parmelia locarnensis Zopf ex Rosend., Parmelia prolixa (Ach.) Röhl., Parmelia pulla Ach., Parmelia pulla Ach. var. locarnensis (Zopf ex Rosend.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous 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: a mainly temperate to Mediterranean species found on exposed siliceous rocks, including pebbles, exceptionally also on limestone. Some records could refer to other, morphologically similar but chemically different taxa.