LICHALP

Catapyrenium psoromoides (Borrer) R. Sant.

Syn.: Dermatocarpon daedaleum (Kremp.) Th. Fr. var. corticola H. Magn., Dermatocarpon psoromoides (Borrer) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Endocarpon psoromia (Nyl.) Boistel, Endocarpon psoromoides (Borrer) Hook., Guignardia psoromoides (Borrer) Keissl., Laestadia psoromoides (Borrer) Vouaux, Placidium cartilagineum (Nyl.) Arnold var. muscicolum Arnold, Placocarpus psoromoides (Borrer) Trevis., Verrucaria psoromia Nyl., Verrucaria psoromoides Borrer

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, probably holarctic lichen found on the base of old trees, especially on rough bark in parklands and open woodlands, occasionally on epiphytic bryophytes, very rarely on epilithic mosses; apparently more frequent in the Western and Southern Alps.