LICHALP

Parmelia sulcata Taylor

Syn.: Parmelia saxatilis (L.) Ach. var. sulcata (Taylor) Nyl., Parmelia sulcata Taylor var. laevis Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, siliceous rocks, plant debris, living mosses, calciferous soil

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: on acid or subacid bark, exceptionally also on wood; this is certainly the most common and wide-ranging Parmelia in the Alps, also present near large urban settlements, rare only in the eu-Mediterranean belt. See also note on P. barrenoae.