LICHALP

Hymenelia epulotica (Ach.) Lutzoni

Syn.: Aspicilia epulotica (Ach.) Anzi, Gyalecta epulotica Ach., Ionaspis epulotica (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell, Ionaspis epulotica (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell var. patellula (Arnold) H. Magn., Pinacisca epulotica (Ach.) Trevis

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: an arctic-alpine to cool-temperate, circumpolar species found on hard, compact calciferous rocks such as limestone, dolomite, calcareous schists, in sheltered-humid situations; widespread throughout the Alps.