LICHALP

Pyrenocarpon montinii (A. Massal.) Trevis.

Syn.: Porocyphus montinii (A. Massal.) Arnold, Psorotichia acrustacea Harm., Psorotichia montinii (A. Massal.) Forssell, Thelochroa montinii A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: ,

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly southern species found on steeply inclined, south-exposed seepage tracks of calcareous rocks, sometimes invading the thalli of endolithic lichens, especially Bagliettoa-species; certainly more widespread in the Alps.