LICHALP

Verrucaria dolomitica (A. Massal.) Kremp.

Syn.: Amphoridium dolomiticum A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: on calcareous rocks and pebbles, usually near the ground. A species belonging to the poorly understood complex of V. hochstetteri, differing from V. foveolata in the small apical involucrellum.