LICHALP

Bryoria implexa (Hoffm.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.

Syn.: Alectoria catharinae Räsänen, Alectoria implexa (Hoffm.) Nyl. non auct., Alectoria osteola Gyeln., Alectoria pseudofuscescens Gyeln., Alectoria subachariana Gyeln., Alectoria vrangiana Gyeln., Alectoria zopfii Asahina, Bryopogon implexus (Hoffm.) Elenkin, Bryoria friabilis Brodo & D. Hawksw., Bryoria osteola (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw., Bryoria pseudofuscescens (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw., Bryoria vrangiana (Gyeln.) Brodo & D. Hawksw., Usnea implexa Hoffm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

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: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar, chemically heterogeneous species, most common on branches of coniferous, more rarely of deciduous trees in areas with frequent fog; frequent in the Alps.