LICHALP

Phaeophyscia hispidula (Ach.) Essl.

Syn.: Parmelia hispidula Ach., Physcia hispidula (Ach.) Frey, Physcia setosa (Ach.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous rocks, siliceous rocks, bark,

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 rare, mainly circumboreal-montane species, mostly found on terricolous or saxicolous bryophytes in upland areas.