LICHALP

Lecidella elaeochroma (Ach.) M. Choisy f. soralifera (Erichsen) D. Hawksw.

Syn.: Lecidea limitata (Scop.) Gray var. soralifera (Erichsen) J.R. Laundon, Lecidea olivacea (Hoffm.) A. Massal. var. soralifera (Erichsen) Erichsen, Lecidella elaeochroma (Ach.) M. Choisy var. soralifera (Erichsen) Hertel

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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: this sorediate-fruiting lichen, in our opinion, is just an occasionally sorediate form of L. elaeochroma. It is more widespread than the few records would suggest, but never common, generally occurring together with fruiting specimens in humid-warm areas. The ""occasional"" appearance of asexually reproducing forms along south-to-north gradients, however, well deserves the attention of lichenologists.