LICHALP

Chaenotheca gracilenta (Ach.) Mattsson & Middelb.

Syn.: Calicium gracilentum Ach., Coniocybe gracilenta (Ach.) Ach., Cybebe gracilenta (Ach.) Tibell

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, bark,

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a circumboreal-montane species found on rotting wood and decaying bark on faces protected from rain, such as hollows of old stumps in ancient, humid forests; widespread throughout the Alps.