LICHALP

Leptogium coralloideum (Meyen & Flot.) Vain.

Syn.: Leptogium corrugatomontuosum Couderc, Leptogium diaphanum (Sw.) Mont. var. coralloideum Meyen & Flot.

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 Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on bark of broad-leaved trees, with a few records from the base of the Western Alps.