LICHALP

Physconia servitii (Nádv.) Poelt

Syn.: Physcia servitii Nádv.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a Mediterranean-Atlantic to mild-temperate, mainly western lichen found on old trees in open woodlands; apparently restricted to the Western and Southern Alps.