LICHALP

Verruculopsis lecideoides (A. Massal.) Gueidan & Cl. Roux var. minuta (Hepp) ined. (provisionally placed here, ICN Art. 36.1b)

Syn.: Verrucaria lecideoides (A. Massal.) Trevis. var. minuta Hepp, Verrucaria minuta (Hepp) Zschacke

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists), calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a variety with smaller (about half the size as in V. lecideoides), brownish to blackish areoles, and somewhat smaller ascospores; not consistently distinguished, but apparently widespread in Europe, including the Alps.