LICHALP

Cliostomum griffithii (Sm.) Coppins

Syn.: Bacidia imitatrix Malme, Biatora mixta Fr., Biatorina griffithii (Sm.) A. Massal., Biatorina mixta (Fr.) Hellb., Biatorina tricolor auct., Catillaria griffithii (Sm.) Malme, Catillaria tricolor auct. non (With.) Th. Fr., Lichen griffithii Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 mild-temperate species with a fragmented holarctic range, found on bark of old isolated trees in open, humid woodlands, rarely on lignum; widespread in the Alps, but generally rare.