LICHALP

Megalaria laureri (Hepp ex Th. Fr.) Hafellner

Syn.: Catillaria intermixta auct. non (Nyl.) Arnold ex Głow., Catillaria laureri Hepp ex Th. Fr., Catinaria intermixta auct. non (Nyl.) P. James, Catinaria laureri (Hepp ex Th. Fr.) Degel., Gyalecta livida (Mudd) Zahlbr., Phialopsis livida Mudd

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 mild-temperate lichen found on the bark of Quercus and Fagus, more rarely Abies in humid forests; very rare and certainly declining in the Alps.