LICHALP

Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W. Mann var. cirsodes (Ach.) Zahlbr.

Syn.: Dermatocarpon caesium Räsänen, Endocarpon miniatum (L.) P. Gaertn., G. Mey. & Scherb. var. cirsodes Ach.

Lichenised.

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

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 morph with thick thalli and a distinctly papillose lower surface; on calcareous or basic siliceous rocks, usually in long-time dry localities; distribution insufficiently known because regionally not distinguished.