LICHALP

Micarea micrococca (Körb.) Gams ex Coppins

Syn.: Biatora micrococca Körb., Catillaria micrococca (Körb.) Th. Fr., Lecidea micrococca (Körb.) Cromb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a member of the M. prasina-complex, but with a different secondary chemistry and with pale to grey apothecia which are less variable in colour; on various substrates (bark, wood, debris) in shaded situations; very common in forest plantations of Western Europe; from the Alps there are only a few scattered records; earlier records of M. prasina may partly belong here.