LICHALP

Scytinium palmatum (Huds.) Gray

Syn.: Collema corniculatum Hoffm., Collema palmatum (Huds.) Ach., Leptogium corniculatum (Hoffm.) Minks, Leptogium palmatum (Huds.) Mont., Lichen palmatus Huds.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

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 found amongst terricolous or epilithic mosses in areas with siliceous substrata, sometimes on soil; apparently most frequent in the Western and Southern Alps.