LICHALP

Gyalecta ophiospora (Lettau) Baloch & Lücking

Syn.: Pachyphiale ophiospora Lettau

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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 species of the G. cornea-group (asci polyspored and ascospores acicular), with spiral-shaped ascospores in twisted arrangement, found on bark of broad-leaved trees in montane forests; widespread in temperate Europe, including the Alps, but rare.