LICHALP

Pyrenocarpon thelostomum (Ach. ex Winch & Thornhill) Coppins & Aptroot

Syn.: Psorotichia flotowiana (Hepp) Müll. Arg., Pyrenocarpon flotowianum (Hepp) Trevis., Pyrenopsis flotowiana (Hepp) Nyl., Thelochroa flotowiana (Hepp) Körb., Thrombium thelostomum (Ach. ex Winch & Thornhill) A.L. Sm., Verrucaria flotowiana Hepp, Verrucaria thelostoma Ach. ex Winch & Thornhill

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate:

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: on steeply inclined seepage tracks of more or less calcareous rocks at relatively low elevations; from the Alps there are a few scattered records only.