LICHALP

Caloplaca dalmatica (A. Massal.) H. Olivier s.lat.

Syn.: Acarospora velana A. Massal., Callopisma aurantiacum (Lightf.) A. Massal. var. placidium A. Massal., Callopisma aurantiacum (Lightf.) A. Massal. var. velanum A. Massal., Callopisma dalmaticum A. Massal., Caloplaca aurantiaca (Lightf.) Th. Fr. var. placidia (A. Massal.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Caloplaca aurantiaca (Lightf.) Th. Fr. var. velana (A. Massal.) Flagey, Caloplaca dolomiticola (Hue) Zahlbr., Caloplaca placidia (A. Massal.) J. Steiner, Caloplaca schaereri (Arnold) Zahlbr., Caloplaca velana (A. Massal.) Du Rietz, Caloplaca velana (A. Massal.) Du Rietz var. dalmatica (A. Massal.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Caloplaca velana (A. Massal.) Du Rietz var. dolomiticola (Hue) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Caloplaca velana (A. Massal.) Du Rietz var. placidia (A. Massal.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Caloplaca velana (A. Massal.) Du Rietz var. schaereri (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Lecanora dolomiticola Hue, Lecidea schaereri Flörke ex Arnold nom.illeg., Lecidea velana (A. Massal.) Hue, Placodium aurantiacum (Lightf.) Anzi var. velanum (A. Massal.) Anzi, Variospora velana (A. Massal.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén

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: extremely polymorphic and in need of revision: according to a broad species concept, C. dalmatica is the oldest name; on a wide variety of calcareous substrata in exposed, rather eutrophicated situations; widespread throughout the Alps.