LICHALP

Acarospora imbricatula H. Magn.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous 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: hitherto known only from dry-continental valleys in the Alps, on south-facing slopes, where it is locally common.