LICHALP

Caloplaca crenularia (With.) J.R. Laundon var. depauperata (H. Magn.) Calat. & Barreno

Syn.: Caloplaca festiva (Ach.) Zwackh var. depauperata H. Magn.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a taxon belonging to a polymorphic complex, differing in the very poorly developed thallus, known from the French Southern Alps (at low elevations), the Mediterranean region, the Pyrenees, and Corsica.