LICHALP

Aspicilia valpellinensis B. de Lesd.

Syn.: Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Körb. var. chiodectonoides Anzi, Lecanora valpellinensis (B. de Lesd.) Zahlbr.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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 calciferous schists; only known from the Italian Alps (Scandinavian material belongs to A. supertegens, see Nimis 2016).