LICHALP

Trapeliopsis flexuosa (Fr.) Coppins & P. James

Syn.: Biatora flexuosa Fr., Lecidea aeruginosa Borrer, Lecidea flexuosa (Fr.) Nyl., Lecidea granulosa (Hoffm.) Ach. subsp. flexuosa (Fr.) Th. Fr., Lecidea sapinea (Fr.) Zahlbr. non sensu Vain., Lecidea sporodiza Stirt.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, bark, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on lignum (often on wooden fences) and acid bark, especially of Pinus and Castanea; widespread and often common throughout the Alps.