LICHALP

Sticta fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Ach.

Syn.: Lobaria fuliginosa Hoffm., Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach. var. fuliginosa (Hoffm.) Hepp, Stictina fuliginosa (Hoffm.) 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 bark, more rarely on mossy rocks in semi-natural forests; most records date back to the previous century. Material from the Alps should be compared with the recently described Sticta fuliginoides Magain & Sérus., whose occurrence in the Alps is possible.