LICHALP

Verrucaria aethiobola Wahlenb.

Syn.: Lithocia aethiobola (Wahlenb.) Stein, Lithocia chlorotica (Hepp) Stein, Pyrenula aethiobola (Wahlenb.) Ach., Verrucaria aquilella Nyl., Verrucaria catalepta sensu Schaer. non (Ach.) Spreng., Verrucaria chlorotica Hepp non Ach., Verrucaria fuscocinerascens Nyl., Verrucaria hydrela Ach. var. aethiobola (Wahlenb.) A. Massal., ?Verrucaria hibernica Zschacke, Verrucaria laevata Ach. non auct. nec sensu Körb., ?Verrucaria rimosella Nyl., Verrucaria viridicana Erichsen

Lichenised.

Substrate: ,

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: a widespread species, both in Northern Europe and in the Alps, periodically submerged on hard, mostly siliceous rocks along creeks. See also note to V. csernaensis.