LICHALP

Acarospora veronensis A. Massal.

Syn.: Acarospora fuscata (Schrad.) Arnold. subsp. discreta sensu Th. Fr., Acarospora magnussonii Samp.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

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 holarctic early coloniser of base- rich siliceous pebbles, roofing tiles, walls, sometimes also found on soil and lignum, also in small settlements: occasionally overgrowing other crustose lichens, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.