LICHALP

Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue

Syn.: Chlorea vulpina (L.) Nyl., Evernia vulpina (L.) Ach., Lichen vulpinus L., Parmelia vulpina (L.) Ach., Rhytidocaulon vulpinum (L.) Elenkin

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a circumboreal-montane lichen growing on the bark of coniferous trees, mostly on Larix and Pinus cembra, more rarely on lignum, near treeline; widespread throughout the Alps, but common and locally abundant only in areas with a continental climate.