LICHALP

Acarospora cervina A. Massal.

Syn.: Acarospora glaucocarpa (Ach.) Körb. var. cervina (A. Massal.) Cl. Roux

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous 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 widespread, probably holarctic species found on the top of exposed, more or less calcareous boulders in natural habitats, especially common in dry-continental areas, but with a wide altitudinal range, sometimes considered as a form of A. glaucocarpa. The nomenclature should be studied further: according to Nimis (2016) Massalongo was not describing a species, but proposing a new combination.