LICHALP

Phaeophyscia stiriaca (Poelt) Clauzade & Cl. Roux ex Hafellner & Türk

Syn.: Physcia stiriaca Poelt

Lichenised.

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 rare species resembling Ph. endophoenicea in the presence of red crystals in the lower medulla, but with a pale to tan lower surface and labriform soralia on ascending lobes, developing coarse soredia; on bark of deciduous trees in lowland forests, with a few scattered records throughout Central Europe.