LICHALP

Verrucaria sphaerospora Anzi

Syn.: Catapyrenium sphaerosporum (Anzi) Arnold, Dermatocarpon anzianum Servít, Dermatocarpon sphaerosporum (Anzi) Servít, Involucrocarpon sphaerosporum (Anzi) Servít; incl. Endocarpon pulvinulosum Harm., Dermatocarpon pulvinulosum (Harm.) Lettau

Lichenised.

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

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 very characteristic species forming a complex of still poorly known entities growing on calciferous sandstone, often on walls, that probably belongs to Verruculopsis.