LICHALP

Vahliella saubinetii (Mont.) P.M. Jørg.

Syn.: Fuscopannaria saubinetii (Mont.) P.M. Jørg., Massalongia rabenhorstiana Gyeln., Pannaria saubinetii (Mont.) Nyl., Parmelia rubiginosa (Ach.) Ach. var. pulveraceogranulosa Grognot, Parmelia saubinetii Mont., Parmeliella saubinetii (Mont.) Zahlbr., Parmeliella saubinetii (Mont.) Zahlbr. f. grisea Gyeln., Trachyderma saubinetii (Mont.) Trevis.

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 species found on trunks of mature deciduous trees in rather shaded and humid situations; apparently most frequent in the Western Alps.