LICHALP

Eopyrenula leucoplaca (Wallr.) R.C. Harris

Syn.: Leptosphaeria leucoplaca (Wallr.) Vain., Porina chiomela (Norman) Zahlbr., Pyrenula alba A. Massal., Pyrenula farrea auct. non (Ach.) Branth & Rostr., Pyrenula leucoplaca (Wallr.) Körb., Pyrenula quercus A. Massal., Pyrenula schaereri A. Massal., Sagedia chiomela Norman, Spermatodium leucoplacum (Wallr.) Trevis., Verrucaria farrea auct. non (Ach.) Branth & Rostr., Verrucaria leucoplaca Wallr.

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 temperate species found on the (mostly) smooth bark of deciduous trees in open, humid forests; widespread throughout the Alps, but not common, probably more frequent in the past.