LICHALP

Xylographa pallens (Nyl.) Malmgren

Syn.: Xylographa parallela (Ach. : Fr.) Fr. var. pallens Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 widespread species in the Northern Hemisphere, growing on wood, especially in exposed habitats becoming dry in summer, mainly in montane to subalpine coniferous forests; with a few scattered records from the Alps.