LICHALP

Rinodina teichophila (Nyl.) Arnold

Syn.: Lecanora teichophila Nyl., Rinodina arenaria auct. non (Hepp) Arnold, Rinodina calcarea (Hepp ex Arnold) Arnold var. obscurata Arnold, Rinodina colletica (Flörke) Arnold, Rinodina metabolica (Ach.) Anzi var. colletica (Flörke) Körb., Rinodina suberumpens (Nyl.) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly mild-temperate silicicolous lichen, sometimes found in small urban settlements on walls (especially of calciferous sandstone, or of brick), and on roofing tiles; apparently more frequent in the Western and Southern Alps.