LICHALP

Rostania multipunctata (Degel.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin

Syn.: Collema multipunctatum Degel.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate, Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on more or less isolated trees in warm-humid areas, especially on Olea, with a few records from the base of the Western Alps (France, Italy).