LICHALP

Candelariella viae-lacteae G. Thor & V. Wirth

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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: a species with a granular, grey thallus and apothecia containing 8-spored asci; on bark of various trees including conifers; rather widespread in Europe, but apparently rare, with only a few records from the Alps.