LICHALP

Lecanora carpinea (L.) Vain.

Syn.: Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach. var. angulosa (Schreb.) Flot., Lecanora angulosa (Schreb.) Ach., Lecanora erikssonii H. Magn., Lecanora pallida (Schreb.) Rabenh. var. angulosa (Schreb.) Rabenh., Lichen carpineus L.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate early coloniser of smooth bark, with a wide altitudinal range; common throughout the Alps below the subalpine belt. The species has several morphotypes, and may consist of several species which still need to be delimited.