LICHALP

Rinodina isidioides (Borrer) H. Olivier

Syn.: Parmelia isidioides Borrer

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: a mild-temperate, probably Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on rough bark, more rarely on epiphytic mosses, in ancient, undisturbed forests, with a few records from the Central Alps (Switzerland).