LICHALP

Candelariella subdeflexa (Nyl.) Lettau

Syn.: Lecanora subdeflexa Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 mild-temperate, perhaps holarctic lichen found on isolated trees, especially Fraxinus, Populus and Juglans, often near the base of the trunks; widespread in the Alps, but not common, and probably declining.