LICHALP

Vulpicida pinastri (Scop.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai var. pinastri

Syn.: Cetraria caperata sensu Vain., Cetraria juniperina (L.) Ach. var. pinastri (Scop.) Ach., Cetraria pinastri (Scop.) Gray, Lichen pinastri Scop., Platysma pinastri (Scop.) Frege, Tuckermannopsis pinastri (Scop.) Hale

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a subarctic-subalpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on basal parts of trunks, especially of conifers, and on twigs with a long snow cover, often associated with Parmeliopsis, with optimum near treeline; widespread and common throughout the Alps.