LICHALP

Lecanographa lyncea (Sm.) Egea & Torrente

Syn.: Lecanactis emersa (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb., Lecanactis lyncea (Sm.) Fr., Lecanactis plocina (Ach.) A. Massal. non auct., Lecanactis stictica Durieu & Mont., Lecanactis vestita (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb., Lichen lynceus Sm., Opegrapha emersa Müll. Arg., Opegrapha lyncea (Sm.) Borrer ex Hook., Opegrapha stictica (Durieu & Mont.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

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 the rough, acid bark of very old isolated trees, especially oaks; very rare, and so far reported only from the Western and Southern Alps.