LICHALP

Elixia flexella (Ach.) Lumbsch

Syn.: Lecidea flexella (Ach.) Hedl., Leptographa flexella (Ach.) M. Choisy, Limboria flexella Ach., Lithographa flexella (Ach.) Zahlbr., Placographa flexella (Ach.) Th. Fr., Ptychographa flexella (Ach.) Coppins, Xylographa flexella (Ach.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on lignum, especially on vertical sides of stumps, with optimum in the subalpine belt; certainly more widespread throughout the Alps.