LICHALP

Lecanora valesiaca (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb.

Syn.: Placodium valesiacum Müll. Arg., Squamaria valesiaca (Müll. Arg.) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists), 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 rocks (gneiss, porphyr, schists, etc.) containing some calcium, in warm-dry situations.