LICHALP

Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge

Syn.: Leptogium menziesii (Sm.) Mont. f. fuliginosum Müll. Arg.

Lichenised.

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: a mild-temperate species found on the often mossy bark of isolated trees, especially Fraxinus, with scattered records from the Alps.