LICHALP

Lecanora hybocarpa (Tuck.) Brodo

Syn.: Parmelia hybocarpa Tuck.

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 the bark of more or less isolated trees in lowland areas; apparently common in North America, this species has been recently reported also from Europe, and is also known from the Western Alps.