LICHALP

Parmotrema arnoldii (Du Rietz) Hale

Syn.: Parmelia arnoldii Du Rietz, Parmelia subarnoldii Abbayes

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 cool-temperate to tropical lichen restricted to humid beech forests; it frequently grows in the upper branches of the tree canopy in forests with frequent fog, and therefore it often goes unnoticed.