LICHALP

Calicium adspersum Pers.

Syn.: Calicium lenticulare sensu Nádv., Calicium mutabile Ach., Calicium roscidum (Ach.) Flörke

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

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 bark, rarely on lignum of deciduous trees, especially oaks, often in fissures of the bark, more rarely on conifers; widespread in the Alps, but generally not very common.