LICHALP

Verrucaria euganea Trevis.

Syn.: Verrucaria weddellii auct. non Servít

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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: an early coloniser of walls (mortar, brick, cement, limestone) in urban settlements; related to V. macrostoma, but differing in several important morphological characters; apparently most frequent in the Southern and Western Alps, but probably more widespread.