LICHALP

Phaeophyscia ciliata (Hoffm.) Moberg

Syn.: Lichen ciliatus Hoffm., Lichen ulothrix Ach, Physcia ciliata (Hoffm.) Du Rietz, Physcia concrustans Nyl., Physcia norrlinii Vain., Physcia obscura auct. non (Ehrh. ex Humb.) Fürnr., Physcia ulothrix (Ach.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a temperate to southern boreal lichen, most frequent on Fraxinus and Juglans in montane valleys, much less common than the closely related Ph. orbicularis, being absent from heavily disturbed areas and from eu-Mediterranean vegetation, and with narrower ecological requirements.