LICHALP

Placidiopsis cinerascens (Nyl.) Breuss

Syn.: Catapyrenium circinatum (Bagl.) Jatta, Dermatocarpon cinerascens (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Endocarpon cinerascens Nyl., Endocarpon circinatum (Bagl.) Lojka, Placidiopsis circinata Bagl., Placidiopsis pisana Bagl., Placidium cinerascens (Nyl.) Arnold, Placocarpus cinerascens (Nyl.) Trevis., Verrucaria cinerascens (Nyl.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate:

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: on clayey, somewhat calciferous but often superficially decalcified soil in grasslands and garrigues below the montane belt; apparently more common in the Western and Southern Alps.