LICHALP

Gyalidea asteriscus (Anzi) Aptroot & Lücking

Syn.: Solorinella asteriscus Anzi

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a typical lichen of steppe grasslands on loess, whose distribution extends widely into Central Asia, found on loess and (in the Alps) on soil deriving from calcareous schists; restricted to strongly continental valleys in the Alps.