LICHALP

Acarospora laqueata Stizenb.

Syn.: ?Acarospora caesiocinerea B. de Lesd., Lecanora laqueata (Stizenb.) Stizenb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks

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: on hard calcareous rocks, both on vertical faces and at the top of birds' perching sites in dry-continental areas; very rare in the Alps.