LICHALP

Acarospora sulphurata (Arnold) Arnold var. sulphurata

Syn.: Acarospora heufleriana Körb. f. sulphurata Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species of dry-continental areas, found on basic siliceous rocks, often near the ground, in dry grasslands, both in dry Mediterranean areas and in continental inner-Alpine valleys.