LICHALP

Ocellomma picconianum (Bagl.) Ertz & Tehler

Syn.: Lecanactis saltelii B. de Lesd., Lecania picconiana Bagl., Schismatomma picconianum (Bagl.) J. Steiner

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a Mediterranean-Atlantic species, most abundant on evergreen trees in Tyrrhenian Italy, especially on Quercus ilex in humid Mediterranean woodlands, with a few records from the base of the Western Alps (France, Italy).