LICHALP

Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Tav.) P.M. Jørg.

Syn.: Pannaria mediterranea Tav.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate to Mediterranean species found on bark of ancient broad-leaved trees in semi-natural, rather undisturbed, humid woodlands, more rarely on siliceous, mossy rocks, with some records from the base of the Western Alps (France).