LICHALP

Anaptychia runcinata (With.) J.R. Laundon

Syn.: Anaptychia aquila (Ach.) A. Massal., Anaptychia fusca (Huds.) Vain., Lichen runcinatus With., Physcia fusca (Huds.) A.L. Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a Mediterranean-Atlantic, European species found on hard siliceous boulders, sometimes overgrowing epilithic mosses, with a few records from the base of the Western Alps.