LICHALP

Polycauliona polycarpa (Hoffm.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting

Syn.: Lobaria polycarpa Hoffm., Massjukiella polycarpa (Hoffm.) S.Y. Kondr., Fedorenko, S. Stenroos, Kärnefelt, Elix, J.-S. Hur & A. Thell, Xanthoria polycarpa (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. ex Rieber

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on isolated trees and sun-exposed branches and small twigs, on wooden poles and fences; widespread throughout the Alps.