LICHALP

Parmeliella testacea P.M. Jørg.

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 lichen found on bark of ancient deciduous trees in mature forests, mostly in old plantations of Castanea; apparently restricted to the Southern and Western Alps.