LICHALP

Lepra albescens var. corallina sensu auct. (provisionally placed here, ICN Art. 36.1b)

Syn.: Pertusaria albescens (Huds.) M. Choisy & Werner var. corallina auct. non (Zahlbr.) J.R. Laundon, Pertusaria henrici sensu Erichsen

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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 strain with the secondary chemistry of L. albescens but with a different morphology, the spreading thallus being widely covered by isidioid structures, usually lacking conspicuous orbicular soralia; the nomenclature is unresolved; here and there in Europe including the Alps but older records need chemical reinvestigation.