LICHALP

Toninia taurica (Szatala) Oxner

Syn.: Thalloidima tauricum Szatala, Toninia clemens H. Baumgärtner, Toninia schafeevii Tomin

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, calciferous soil

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 mainly southern species with an Eurasiatic distribution found on calciferous soil and in fine crevices of the rocks, often associated with cyanobacterial lichens when young, with a wide altitudinal range.