LICHALP

Aspicilia contorta (Hoffm.) Körb.

Syn.: Aspicilia calcarea (L.) Bagl. var. contorta (Hoffm.) Körb., Circinaria contorta (Hoffm.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell, Lecanora calcarea (L.) Sommerf. var. contorta (Flörke) Hepp, Lecanora contorta (Hoffm.) J. Steiner, Pachyospora calcarea A. Massal. var. contorta (Hoffm.) A. Massal., Parmelia contorta (Hoffm.) Spreng. non Bory, Verrucaria contorta Hoffm.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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: less frequent than A. hoffmanniana, and generally bound to less disturbed situations, but widespread throughout the Alps.