LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia verruculifera (Nyl.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Elix, D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch

Syn.: Neofuscelia verruculifera (Nyl.) Essl., Parmelia glomellifera (Nyl.) Nyl., Parmelia loxodes Nyl. var. verruculifera (Nyl.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Parmelia massalongoana Gyeln., Parmelia olivacea (L.) Ach. var. leucocheila A. Massal., Parmelia prolixa (Ach.) Carroll var. glomellifera Nyl., Parmelia verruculifera Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on base-rich, sometimes slightly calciferous siliceous rocks, mostly on horizontal faces, this species is characterised by the presence of divaricatic, rarely of stenosporic acids. Related to X. loxodes, but with a less suboceanic distribution in Europe