LICHALP

Gyalecta leucaspis (Kremp.) Kremp.

Syn.: Gyalecta acicularis Anzi, Secoliga leucaspis Kremp. ex A. Massal. nom.illeg., Thelotrema leucaspis Kremp.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: on shaded, steeply inclined faces of dolomitic rocks, mostly below the alpine belt; certainly less common than G. jenensis, but widespread throughout the Alps.