LICHALP

Fellhanera gyrophorica Sérus., Coppins, Diederich & Scheid.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species with a farinose to granular, greenish thallus and sessile, pale to brownish pycnidia reacting C+ red (apothecia rare); on bark of deciduous and coniferous trees or overgrowing bryophytes in lowland to lower montane forests with a suboceanic climate; so far only known from Europe; in the Alps the distribution is still insufficiently documented, as the species was overlooked or undercollected, being almost always sterile.