LICHALP

Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen lepadinus Ach., Volvaria lepadina (Ach.) A. Massal.

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 mild-temperate lichen found on the bark of Fagus and Abies, more rarely of other broad-leaved trees in humid montane forests with frequent fog or near rivers; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally not common, and perhaps declining.