LICHALP

Leptogium brebissonii Mont.

Syn.: Leptogium chloromelum auct. non (Ach.) Nyl., Leptogium ruginosum (Schaer.) Nyl., Parmelia membranacea Pers. var. ruginosa Schaer. Synechoblastus ruginosus (Schaer.) Hepp

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate to humid subtropical lichen, most frequent in open, humid woodlands, especially in old, coastal plantations of Olea at the base of the Western Alps.