LICHALP

Phaeographis dendritica (Ach.) Müll. Arg.

Syn.: Graphis dendritica (Ach.) Ach., Opegrapha dendritica Ach.

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 to humid subtropical species found on smooth bark of deciduous and evergreen trees in very humid, open woodlands; strongly declining and presently extinct in several regions (e.g. most records from Austria and Italy are historical).