LICHALP

Graphis macrocarpa (Pers.) Röhl.

Syn.: Graphis scipta (L.) Ach. var. macrocarpa (Pers.) Ach., Opegrapha macrocarpa Pers.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a taxon of the G. scripta-group, characterised by apothecia with rounded ends and widely exposed, epruinose, brown discs, found on the bark of broad-leaved trees in different forest types; for a long time not distinguished, and distributional data therefore likely incomplete; also known from several localities in the Alps, but less common than G. scripta or G. pulverulenta. See also note on G. scripta.