LICHALP

Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach.

Syn.: Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach. var. cinerella Flörke, Lecanora albella (Pers.) Ach. var. sordidescens Th. Fr., Lecanora pallida (Schreb.) Rabenh. non Chévall., Lecanora scrupulosa auct., Lecanora subalbella Nyl., Lichen albellus Pers., Lichen pallidus Schreb., Patellaria pallida (Schreb.) Trevis.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly temperate, perhaps holarctic lichen found on smooth bark, especially of Fagus, but also of Abies in deciduous woodlands; widespread throughout the Alps.