LICHALP

Caloplaca teicholyta (Ach.) J. Steiner

Syn.: Blastenia teicholyta (Ach.) Bausch, Blastenia visianica A. Massal., Callopisma visianicum (A. Massal.) Trevis., Caloplaca arenaria auct. p.p. non (Pers.) Müll. Arg., Caloplaca erythrocarpa auct. p.p. non (Pers.) Zwackh, Caloplaca visianica (A. Massal.) Jatta, Kuettlingeria teicholyta (Ach.) Trevis., Kuettlingeria visianica (A. Massal.) Trevis., Lecanora teicholyta Ach., Placodium teicholytum (Ach.) DC.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, intermediate rocks (such as calciferous schists)

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a warm-temperate early coloniser of calciferous substrata (but very rare on pure limestone), often found on sandstone and mortar, mostly on man-made substrata (walls, monuments, roofing tiles, brick walls), common also in settlements; widespread throughout the Alps, at low elevations.