LICHALP

Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr.

Syn.: Lichen calicaris L., Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr. var. canaliculata Fr., Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr. var. evernioides (Anzi ex Jatta) Motyka, Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr. var. laciniata Harm., Ramalina calicaris (L.) Fr. var. subamplicata Nyl., Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. var. evernioides Anzi ex Jatta, Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. subsp. canaliculata (Fr.) B. de Lesd., Ramalina polymorpha (Lilj.) Ach. var. crispa A. Massal. ex Beltr.

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 mainly temperate species found on deciduous, more rarely coniferous trees, especially on branches in humid beech forests; widespread throughout the Alps but strongly declining.