LICHALP

Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein

Syn.: Blasteniospora concolor (Dicks.) Trevis., Caloplaca concolor (Dicks.) Jatta, Caloplaca laciniosa (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Candelaria laciniosa (Nyl.) Kieff., Candelaria vulgaris A. Massal., Lecanora concolor (Dicks.) Lamy nom.illeg., Lecanora laciniosa Nyl., Lichen concolor Dicks., Physcia concolor (Dicks.) Bagl. & Carestia, Xanthoria concolor (Dicks.) Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

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, probably holarctic species found on bark, more rarely on calciferous substrata, mostly on isolated trees in agricultural areas, on wayside trees, etc.; widespread throughout the Alps.