LICHALP

Fuscopannaria leucosticta (Tuck. ex E. Michener) P.M. Jørg.

Syn.: Pannaria craspedia Körb., Pannaria leucosticta (Tuck. ex E. Michener) Nyl., Parmelia leucosticta Tuck. ex E. Michener

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: on mossy trunks of broad-leaved trees; there are no recent records from the Alps of this declining species.