LICHALP

Micarea adnata Coppins

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, 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: on rather decomposed lignum, such as on old oak stumps and associated decaying bryophyte mats, more rarely on loose bark of deciduous trees in areas with high rainfall, mostly in woodlands; certainly more widespread in the Alps.