LICHALP

Endocarpon pallidulum (Nyl.) Nyl.

Syn.: Verrucaria pallidula Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

Altitudinal distribution: submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a species with a pale brownish thallus consisting of roundish squamules which are less than 1 mm across, and with relatively small ascospores (less than 40 µm long); based on a type from the Andes (Peru), where it was growing on sandy soil, with two records from the Central and Western Alps, which urgently need confirmation.