LICHALP

Hypogymnia vittata (Ach.) Parrique

Syn.: Imbricaria physodes (L.) DC. var. vittata (Ach.) Körb., Parmelia physodes (L.) Ach. var. vittata Ach., Parmelia vittata (Ach.) Röhl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, siliceous rocks, living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a circumboreal-montane lichen found on bark, often on basal parts of trunks, on acid soil and overgrowing moribund bryophytes; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally not common.