LICHALP

Physcia clementei (Turner) Lynge

Syn.: Lichen clementei Turner, Physcia astroidea auct.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a Mediterranean to mild-temperate, mainly western species growing on more or less isolated trees; rare throughout the Alps, most frequent in areas with a humid-rainy climate.