LICHALP

Lecanographa amylacea (Ehrh. ex Pers.) Egea & Torrente

Syn.: Lecanactis amylacea (Ehrh. ex Pers.) Arnold, Lecanactis illecebrosa (Dufour) Fr., Lecidea farinosa (Ach.) Nyl. non H. Magn., Lichen amylaceus Ehrh. ex Pers., Opegrapha illecebrosa Dufour, Schismatomma illecebrosum (Dufour) A. Massal.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate, mainly western lichen found on well-lit, old deciduous trees, especially oaks, on faces seldom wetted by rain; very rare in the Alps.