LICHALP

Lepra ophthalmiza (Nyl.) Hafellner

Syn.: Marfloraea ophthalmiza (Nyl.) S.Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Hur, Pertusaria multipuncta auct. non (Turner) Nyl., Pertusaria multipuncta (Turner) Nyl. var. ophthalmiza Nyl., Pertusaria ophthalmiza (Nyl.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a cool-temperate to southern boreal lichen with optimum on the bark of coniferous trees (Abies, Picea), both on boles and twigs in humid-cold situations (e.g. in gorges, dolinas), but also occurring on Fagus; certainly more widespread in the Alps; in the past the species might have been confused with L. multipuncta, which has a different chemistry.