LICHALP

Strangospora pinicola (A. Massal.) Körb.

Syn.: Biatorella pinicola (A. Massal.) Anzi, Sarcogyne pinicola A. Massal.

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: on hard lignum (e.g. on poles) and on acid bark, especially of conifers; perhaps more widespread in the Alps.