LICHALP

Bacidia vermifera (Nyl.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Bacidia hegetschweileri auct. non (Hepp) Vain., Bacidia rhodopsis Th. Fr. & Almq., Bilimbia lecideoides (Hazsl. ex Körb.) Th. Fr., Lecidea vermifera Nyl., Scoliciosporum vermiferum (Nyl.) Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on the bark of broad-leaved trees in rather humid situations, more rarely on lignum, with scattered records from the Alps.