LICHALP

Pseudevernia furfuracea (L.) Zopf var. furfuracea

Syn.: Borrera furfuracea (L.) Ach., Evernia furfuracea (L.) W. Mann, Lichen furfuraceus L., Parmelia furfuracea (L.) Ach., Parmelia soralifera (Bitter) Lynge, Physcia furfuracea (L.) DC., Pseudevernia soralifera (Bitter) Zopf

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, plant debris, siliceous rocks

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 cool-temperate to boreal-montane lichen found on acid bark and lignum, occasionally also on siliceous rocks, with optimum in the montane and subalpine belts; widespread and common throughout the Alps.