LICHALP

Aspicilia goettweigensis (Zahlbr.) Hue

Syn.: Lecanora goettweigensis Zahlbr.

Lichenised.

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 lowland species of sunny siliceous rocks, belonging to the A. gibbosa-group, with a dark grey thallus and a K+ yellow medulla; the original spelling (“göttweigensis“) was corrected following ICN 60.6.