LICHALP

Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot.

Syn.: Abacina alboatra (Hoffm.) Norman, Buellia alboatra (Hoffm.) Th. Fr., Buellia alboatra (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. var. ambigua (Ach.) Th. Fr., Buellia alboatra (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. var. subochracea Zahlbr., Buellia alboatra (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. var. vulgata Th. Fr., Buellia ambigua (Ach.) Malme, Buellia atromaculata Sandst., Buellia epipolia (Ach.) Mong. non auct., Buellia lainea (Ach.) Clauzade & Ozenda, Buellia subochracea (Zahlbr.) J. Steiner, Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffm.) Flot. var. epipolium (Ach.) A. Massal., Diplotomma ambiguum (Ach.) Flagey, Diplotomma atromaculatum (Sandst.) Szatala, Diplotomma epipolium (Ach.) Arnold non auct., Diplotomma epipolium (Ach.) Arnold var. ambiguum (Ach.) Arnold, Diplotomma heppianum (Müll. Arg.) Arnold, Diplotomma laineum (Ach.) J. Nowak & Tobol., Diplotomma subochraceum (Zahlbr.) Szatala, Diplotomma tegulare Körb., Lecanora lainea Ach., Lecidea alboatra (Hoffm.) Chevall., Lecidea alboatra (Hoffm.) Chevall. var. ambigua (Ach.) Harm., Lecidea ambigua Ach., Lecidea heppiana Müll. Arg., Lecidea soreumidia Stirt., Lichen alboater Hoffm., Rhizocarpon alboatrum (Hoffm.) Anzi, Rhizocarpon ambiguum (Ach.) Zahlbr., Rhizocarpon heppianum (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg., Rhizocarpon soreumidium (Stirt.) A.L. Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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 mild-temperate to southern boreal-montane lichen found on bark, lignum and base-rich or slightly calciferous rocks, brick, roofing tiles etc., mostly below the subalpine belt; widespread throughout the Alps.