Lepraria elobata Tønsberg
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a mainly montane species requiring humid conditions; it prefers acid bark not colonised by bryophytes, especially at the base of old trunks, but it rarely occurs also on soil, lignum and epiphytic mosses; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Appenzell; Bern; Fribourg; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;
