LICHALP

Lecidella albida Hafellner

Syn.: Lecidea alba Schleich. ex Schaer. non (Ach.) Flörke, Lecidella alba (Schleich.) Hertel nom.illeg.

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 mainly Central European species growing on the smooth bark of more or less isolated individuals of Fagus, Fraxinus and Acer, more rarely of conifers, in non-eutrophicated, rather humid situations; from the Alps there are a few scattered records.