LICHALP

Scoliciosporum gallurae Vězda & Poelt

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: on twigs and branches, more rarely on trunks of coniferous and broad-leaved trees at relatively low elevations; quite common in Southern Europe, being often sterile it has been frequently overlooked, and is probably more widespread in the Alps.