LICHALP

Chaenothecopsis pusiola (Ach.) Vain.

Syn.: Calicium lignicola Nádv., Calicium pusiolum Ach., Chaenothecopsis lignicola (Nádv.) A.F.W. Schmidt

Non- or doubtfully lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, bark, parasitic on other lichens

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on lignum of conifers, more rarely of deciduous trees, most often associated with Chaenotheca brunneola, Ch. trichialis and Ch. xyloxena, and probably a parasite or parasymbiont of these species; widespread in the Alps, but not common.