LICHALP

Dermatocarpon complicatum (Lightf.) W. Mann

Syn. Dermatocarpon decipiens auct. non (A. Massal.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Dermatocarpon miniatum var. complicatum (Lightf.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate:

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a species of acid siliceous rocks, growing on periodically inundated surfaces. It is well distinct from D. intestiniforme, but it was frequently confused with it. D. complicatum seems to include most high-elevation records of the lichen hitherto called D. decipiens or D. miniatum var. decipiens by European authors, differing from D. luridum in the pruinose thallus and the non-amyloid medulla. From the original description by Massalongo, the true D. decipiens seems to be a synonym of D. intestiniforme.