LICHALP

Lobothallia alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Hafellner

Syn.: Acarospora polycarpa Th. Fr., Aspicilia alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Poelt & Leucker, Lecanora alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Ach., Lecanora alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Ach. var. inflata Ach., Lecanora inflata (Ach.) Jatta, Lecanora melanaspis (Ach.) Ach. var. alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Th. Fr., Parmelia alphoplaca Wahlenb., Placodium alphoplacum (Wahlenb.) Link, Placodium inflatum (Ach.) A. Massal., Squamaria alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Duby

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, calciferous soil

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 widespread species with an apparently disjunct distribution in mountain areas of the Northern Hemisphere, found on compact siliceous rocks wetted by rain in upland areas.