LICHALP

Verrucaria murina Leight. non (Ach.) Arnold

Syn.: Amphoridium myriocarpum (Hepp ex Lönnr.) Servít, Verrucaria murina Leight. f. obscurata Servít, Verrucaria murina Leight. var. pusilla Arnold, Verrucaria myriocarpa Hepp ex Lönnr., Verrucaria myriocarpa Hepp ex Lönnr. f. geographica Arnold; incl. Verrucaria brachyspora Arnold, Verrucaria pazientii A. Massal.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

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 limestone and dolomite in upland areas. The epithet murina has been used for widely different species, and the entire complex is presently under revision.