LICHALP

Pectenia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg., L. Lindblom, Wedin & S. Ekman

Syn.: Coccocarpia plumbea (Lightf.) Nyl., Degelia plumbea (Lightf.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James, Lichen plumbeus Lightf., Pannaria plumbea (Lightf.) Bory, Parmeliella plumbea (Lightf.) Vain.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate lichen with oceanic affinities found on base-rich, often mossy bark of old trees, more rarely on mossy rocks in rainy-humid areas, mostly in Lobarion-communities; apparently more frequent in the Southern and Western Alps.