LICHALP

Aspicilia aquatica (Fr.) Körb.

Syn.: Aspicilia eluta (Nyl.) Hue, Aspicilia flageyi Hue, Lecanora amphibola sensu Vain., Lecanora aquatica (Fr.) Hepp, Lecanora flageyi (Hue) Zahlbr., Lecanora mazarina (Wahlenb.) H. Magn., Lecanora rivulorum H. Magn., Parmelia cinerea (L.) Hepp var. aquatica Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate:

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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: a probably holarctic species of periodically submerged rocks and boulders along streams; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps. See also note on A. proluta.