LICHALP

Xanthoparmelia stenophylla (Ach.) Ahti & D. Hawksw.

Syn.: Parmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Ach. var. stenophylla Ach., Parmelia molliuscula auct. non Ach., Parmelia somloensis Gyeln., Parmelia stenophylla (Ach.) Heugel, Parmelia subdiffluens (Hale) Cogt, Parmelia taractica auct. non Kremp., Xanthoparmelia somloensis (Gyeln.) Hale, Xanthoparmelia subdiffluens Hale, Xanthoparmelia taractica auct. non (Kremp.) Hale

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks,

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: on weathered siliceous rocks and mineral soil in open, dry situations, with a very wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.