LICHALP

Ramonia chrysophaea (Pers.) Vězda

Syn.: Gyalecta cupularis (Hedw.) Schaer. var. chrysophaea (Pers.) Boistel, Lecidea chrysophaea (Pers.) Nyl., Peziza chrysophaea Pers., Stictis chrysophaea (Pers.) Pers.

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 Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on the soft bark of old trees, especially Ulmus, in humid and shaded situations; inconspicuous and easily overlooked, but certainly not common in the Alps.