LICHALP

Vezdaea dawsoniae Döbbeler

Lichenised.

Substrate:

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species resembling V. stipitata, with a distinct cylindrical stipe, based on a type from Papua New Guinea (conspecificity of European specimens in need of re-evaluation); on leaves and uppermost parts of branches of evergreen shrubs (e.g. Buxus) in the understory of broad-leaved forests in very humid, winter-mild sites, with a few records from the Western Alps (France).