LICHALP

Epigloea bactrospora Zukal

Non- or doubtfully lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

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: a species with polyspored asci (> 32) and bacilliform, 1-septate ascospores (7-10 × 1.5 µm) lacking appendages; most common over algal colonies on rotting wood in the montane and subalpine belts, certainly overlooked and more widespread in the Alps.