LICHALP

Reichlingia leopoldii Diederich & Scheid.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, bark

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: originally described as a lichenicolous fungus, this species is now recognised as a lichenised hyphomycete. It grows on underhanging surfaces of siliceous rocks, more rarely on the bark of old oaks in sheltered situations, mostly in the submediterranean belt.