LICHALP

Dendriscosticta wrightii (Tuck.) B. Moncada & Lücking

Syn.: Sticta wrightii Tuck.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: this is the type species of a recent generic segregation of Sticta belonging to the Lobariaceae, close to Ricasolia (Lobaria amplissima-group), with a large thallus, whitish-grey on the lower side, bearing cyphelloid structures lacking an overarching rim, usually fertile; on bark of deciduous trees (especially Acer pseudoplatanus) along the northern slopes of the Alps under oceanic climatic conditions, extremely rare or regionally extinct: all records are historical.