LICHALP

Aspicilia subdepressa Arnold

Syn.: Aspicilia caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) Arnold var. subdepressa (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Lecanora subdepressa (Arnold) Nyl., Pachyospora subdepressa (Arnold) M. Choisy

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a silicicolous species of vertical to inclined rocks in rather dry areas, with optimum in the montane belt, with a few scattered records from the Alps.