LICHALP

Strigula buxi Chodat

Syn.: Strigula elegans auct. eur. non (Fée) Müll. Arg., Strigula smaragdula auct. eur. non Fr.

Lichenised.

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: an Atlantic-Macaronesian, easily overlooked species, also known from the Pyrenees and Western France, found on leaves and on the uppermost twigs of Buxus in the understorey of broad-leaved forests in humid, shaded situations, with a few records from the Western Alps (France).