LICHALP

Bryoria carpatica (Motyka) Bystrek

Syn.: Alectoria carpatica Motyka

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species similar and/or related to B. tortuosa, with grey to brown, dull, irregularly branched, contorted and flexuous, Pd+ yellow thalli with numerous pseudocyphellae; in moist montane forests e.g. along streams; rare in the Central European mountains, including the Eastern Alps (Austria, Switzerland).