LICHALP

Leptogium saturninum (Dicks.) Nyl.

Syn.: Collema myochroum (Ehrh. ex Bernh.) Rabenh., Collema saturninum (Dicks.) DC., Leptogium myochroum (Ehrh. ex Bernh.) Nyl., Lichen saturninus Dicks., Mallotium saturninum (Dicks.) Gray, Mallotium tomentosum (Hoffm.) Körb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 cool-temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on bark, rarely on mossy rocks, only locally common, especially in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally not very common.