LICHALP

Endocarpon pallidum Ach.

Syn.: Dermatocarpon pallidum (Ach.) Mudd, Endopyrenium pallidum (Ach.) Boistel, Verrucaria pallida (Ach.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mainly southern lichen found in open, dry, calcareous grasslands; the epithet ""pallidum"" was often used in the past to designate E. adscendens; most records are from the Southern Alps.