LICHALP

Punctelia stictica (Duby) Krog

Syn.: Parmelia borreri (Sm.) Turner var. stictica Duby, Parmelia dubia (Wulfen) Schaer. var. stictica (Duby) Schaer., Parmelia stictica (Duby) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks,

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: on siliceous rocks in open situations; probably more widespread in the Alps.