LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia verrucigera (Nyl.) Hale

Syn.: Parmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Ach. var. isidiophora Trevis., Parmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Ach. var. verrucigera (Nyl.) Boistel, Parmelia isidiigera (Müll. Arg.) Vain. f. ligustica Gyeln., Parmelia lusitana Nyl., Parmelia pseudoservitiana Gyeln., Parmelia servitiana Gyeln., Parmelia tarpatakensis Gyeln., Parmelia verrucigera Nyl., Xanthoparmelia lusitana (Nyl.) Krog

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: on siliceous rocks; related to X. conspersa, but chemically different (stictic acid, lusitana-unknown, lacking norstictic acid); in the study area so far reported from the Southern Alps only (Italy).