LICHALP

Pseudosagedia aenea (Körb.) Hafellner & Kalb

Syn.: Porina aenea (Körb.) Zahlbr., Porina carpinea (Pers. ex Ach.) Zahlbr., Porina chlorotica (Ach.) Müll. Arg. var. carpinea (Pers. ex Ach.) Keissl., Pyrenula carpinea (Pers. ex Ach.) Trevis., Sagedia abietina Körb., Sagedia aenea Körb., Sagedia carpinea (Pers. ex Ach.) A. Massal., Sagedia chloromelaena A. Massal., Sagedia decipiens A. Massal., Sagedia erumpens A. Massal., Spermatodium aeneum (Körb.) Trevis., Spermatodium carpineum (Pers. ex Ach.) Trevis., Spermatodium chloromelaenum (A. Massal.) Trevis., Spermatodium erumpens (A. Massal.) Trevis., Trichothelium aeneum (Körb.) R.C. Harris, Verrucaria aenea Wallr. nom.illeg., Verrucaria carpinea Pers. ex Ach., Verrucaria erumpens (A. Massal.) Garov.

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 mainly temperate to Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on smooth bark of broad-leaved deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, mostly in woodlands and forests. The species might belong to Trichothelium.