LICHALP

Aspicilia calcarea (L.) Bagl.

Syn.: Aspicilia lundensis (Fr.) Uloth, Circinaria calcarea (L.) A. Nordin, Savić & Tibell, Lecanora calcarea (L.) Sommerf., Lecanora lundensis (Fr.) Zahlbr., Lecidea calcarea (L.) Schaer., Lichen calcareus L., Pachyospora calcarea (L.) A. Massal., Parmelia calcarea (L.) Michx., Patellaria calcarea (L.) Trevis., Urceolaria calcarea (L.) Ach., Verrucaria calcarea (L.) Humb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly Mediterranean to mild-temperate species found on limestone and dolomite, sometimes also on other calciferous substrata; absent only from large conurbations, sometimes reaching beyond treeline; widespread and common throughout the Alps.