LICHALP

Lecania fuscella (Schaer.) A. Massal.

Syn.: Lecania syringea (Ach.) Th. Fr., Lecanora hagenii (Ach.) Ach. var. syringea (Ach.) Ach., Parmelia pallida (Pers.) Wallr. var. fuscella Schaer.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate species found on base-rich bark of well-lit trees, especially Populus, Juglans and Ulmus; widespread in the Alps, mostly at low elevations.