LICHALP

Physcia vitii Nádv.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, living mosses, 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: the circumscription of this species is not clear: it resembles a very stout Ph. adscendens without fibrils, and seems to be most common in heavily polluted areas.