Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.

Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen sylvaticus Huds., Stictina fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Nyl. var. sylvatica (Huds.) Flagey, Stictina sylvatica (Huds.) 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 montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a western species in Europe, found on mossy trunks and on epilithic bryophytes in natural forests; widespread throughout the Alps, but presently very rare and declining, several records being old.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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