LICHALP

Scytinium subtile (Schrad.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin

Syn.: Collema minutissimum Flörke non auct., Collema subtile (Schrad.) Hoffm., Homodium subtile (Schrad.) Boistel, Leptogium minutissimum (Flörke) Fr. non auct., Leptogium subtile (Schrad.) Torss., Lichen subtilis Schrad.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), calciferous soil, lignum, plant debris, bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mild-temperate lichen found on the basal parts of old trees with a base-rich bark, especially Juglans, Populus and Salix, sometimes on wood, more rarely on soil.