LICHALP

Bryoria fuscescens (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.

Syn.: ?Alectoria achariana Gyeln., Alectoria haynaldii Gyeln., Alectoria jubata auct. p.p., Alectoria jubata var. lanestris Ach., Alectoria lanestris (Ach.) Gyeln., Bryopogon jubatus (L.) Link, Bryopogon lanestris (Ach.) Gyeln., Bryoria lanestris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw., Bryoria subcana (Nyl. ex Stizenb.) Brodo & D. Hawksw., Evernia jubata (L.) Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a polymorphic and chemically variable, temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar species with a broad ecological range; widespread and still locally common throughout the Alps.