LICHALP

Adelolecia rhododendrina (Nyl.) Printzen ex Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Lecidea rhododendrina Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 twigs of subalpine shrubs, especially Rhododendron ferrugineum; probably more common and widespread throughout the Alps.