LICHALP

Sclerophora pallida (Pers.) Y.J. Yao & Spooner

Syn.: Calicium pallidum Pers., Coniocybe curta H. Magn., Coniocybe nivea (Hoffm.) Arnold non Tuck. & Mont., Coniocybe nivea (Hoffm.) Arnold var. pallida (Pers.) Arnold, Coniocybe pallida (Pers.) Fr., Coniocybe pallida (Pers.) Fr. var. nivea (Hoffm.) Arnold, Coniocybe subpallida Nyl., Sclerophora nivea (Hoffm.) Tibell, Trichia nivea Hoffm.

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: a temperate species found on old trees, such as Acer, Ulmus and Fraxinus in dry crevices of the bark; widespread throughout the Alps, but certainly declining.