LICHALP

Rinodina capensis Hampe

Syn.: Rinodina corticicola (Arnold) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Rinodina corticola (Arnold) Arnold, Rinodina teichophila (Nyl.) Arnold var. corticola Arnold

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane pioneer species, mostly found on smooth bark, but also on lignum; the species, also known from the Canary Islands, is widespread throughout the Alps.