LICHALP

Nephroma parile (Ach.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen parilis Ach., Nephroma laevigatum Ach. f. sorediatum Schaer., Nephromium laevigatum (Ach.) Nyl. var. parile (Ach.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a cool-temperate to circumboreal-montane lichen found on bark, epiphytic mosses, basic siliceous rocks and soil in humid and sheltered situations, mostly in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.