LICHALP

Hymenelia coerulea A. Massal.

Syn.: Aspicilia coerulea (A. Massal.) Lindau, Hymenelia hiascens A. Massal., Lecanora cantiana (Garov.) Zahlbr., Lecanora coerulea (A. Massal.) Jatta, Lecanora pseudocoerulea Zahlbr., Manzonia cantiana Garov.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: on steeply inclined surfaces of hard calciferous rocks, including moderately dolomitic, hard limestone; certainly widespread and locally abundant throughout the Alps, with optimum in the montane and subalpine belts.