LICHALP

Sarcogyne regularis Körb. var. decipiens (A. Massal.) N.S. Golubk.

Syn.: Sarcogyne privigna (Ach.) A.Massal. var. decipiens A. Massal., Sarcogyne simplex (Taylor) Nyl. var. decipiens (A. Massal.) Jatta

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a taxon with an endolithic thallus and immersed, black, epruinose apothecia, described from M. Baldo in Italy; on calcareous rocks, with optimum in the montane belt; often not distinguished and therefore distributional data hard to interpret.