LICHALP

Gyalidea fruticola M. Svenss. & G. Thor

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a species with small, whitish apothecia with minute discs, and submuriform, oblong ascospores; corticolous on basal branches of shrubs (e.g. Lonicera) in various forest types; apparently rather common in Scandinavia, with a single record from the Eastern Alps (Italy).