LICHALP

Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa Coppins & P. James

Lichenised.

Substrate: living mosses, plant debris, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: this lichens is most frequent in humid Castanea woodlands, on mosses on basal parts of trunks, decaying lignum and acid organic soil, especially in areas with siliceous substrata; certainly more widespread in the Alps.