LICHALP

Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale

Syn.: Parmelia pastillifera (Harm.) R. Schub. & Klem., Parmelia scortea (Ach.) Ach. var. pastillifera Harm., Parmelia tiliacea (Hoffm.) Ach. var. pastillifera (Harm.) Grummann

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 temperate lichen found on deciduous trees with subacid to subneutral bark, more frequent in rainy upland areas than P. tiliacea; widespread and locally common throughout the Alps.