LICHALP

Pectenia atlantica (Degel.) P.M. Jørg., L. Lindblom, Wedin & S. Ekman

Syn.: Degelia atlantica (Degel.) P.M. Jørg. & P. James, Parmeliella atlantica Degel.

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, mainly western in Europe, found in moist-warm stands. The species has been frequently confused with isidiate forms of P. plumbea (see Roux et coll. 2017), and the record from Slovenia needs re-confirmation.