LICHALP

Calicium quercinum Pers.

Syn.: Calicium curtiusculum Nyl., Calicium decipiens A. Massal., Calicium lenticulare Ach. var. bacillare Ach., Calicium lenticulare Ach. var. curtiusculum (Nyl.) Lettau

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, 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 holarctic, temperate species found on lignum and bark of deciduous trees, more rarely of conifers, especially on old oaks and on Castanea; widespread in the Alps, but generally rare.