LICHALP

Bryoria crispa (Motyka) Bystrek

Syn.: Alectoria crispa Motyka

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: 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: a name applied to a lichen with thallus reacting Pd+ red, soralia with spinulose margins, and isidioid soredia, perhaps a morph of B. fuscescens; on bark of various trees; distribution poorly documented, because often not distinguished.