LICHALP

Pyrenula chlorospila Arnold

Syn.: Pyrenula nitidella (Flörke ex Schaer.) Müll. Arg. var. chlorospila (Arnold) Degel., Verrucaria chlorospila Nyl. nom.illeg.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate to Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on smooth bark (especially of Fraxinus and Salix, but also of Corylus and Quercus) in deciduous open forests, often along rivers, with a few records from the Western Alps (France).