LICHALP

Gyalecta flotowii Körb.

Syn.: Gyalecta truncigena (Ach.) Hepp var. querceti (Nyl.) Boistel, Lecidea querceti Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses

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 lichen found on broad-leaved trees in clearings of ancient, undisturbed forests, especially in deep fissures of the bark, often on Acer and Fraxinus.