LICHALP

Pertusaria leioplaca DC.

Syn.: Pertusaria creatomma (Norman) Zahlbr., Pertusaria leucostoma auct. sensu A. Massal., Pertusaria massalongiana Beltr., Pertusaria plena Anzi, Porina leioplaca Ach. nom.illeg., Porina leucostoma (Bernh.) Ach., Sphaeria leucostoma Bernh.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a holarctic, mainly temperate early coloniser of smooth bark found on a wide variety of (mostly) broad-leaved trees; most common in the montane belt; widespread and common throughout the Alps.