LICHALP

Mycobilimbia pilularis (Körb.) Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Bacidia sphaeroides (Dicks.) Zahlbr., Biatora pilularis (Körb.) Hepp, Biatorina pilularis Körb., Catillaria sphaeroides (A. Massal.) Schuler

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses, plant debris,

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on mosses growing on the bark of old deciduous trees, especially near the base of trunks in old, humid forests; widespread throughout the Alps.