LICHALP

Aspicilia verrucosa (Ach.) Körb. subsp. verrucosa

Syn.: Amygdalaria verrucosa (Ach.) Norman, Lecanora urceolaria (Fr.) Wetmore, Lecanora verrucosa (Ach.) Laurer, Megaspora verrucosa (Ach.) Hafellner & V. Wirth, Pachyospora verrucosa (Ach.) A. Massal., Pertusaria freyi Erichsen, Urceolaria verrucosa Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, plant debris, calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen found on mosses and plant debris over calciferous ground in open situations; it descends to lower altitudes in dry-continental areas; widespread and common throughout the Alps.