LICHALP

Caloplaca microphyllina (Tuck.) Hasse

Syn.: Placodium microphyllinum Tuck.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, 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 mainly xeric subtropical to mild-temperate lichen of continental areas, found on basal parts of trunks, rarely on eutrophicated lignum, described from North America and also reported from dry valleys of the Alps.