LICHALP

Bryoria fremontii (Tuck.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.

Syn.: Alectoria fremontii Tuck.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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, easily recognizable species found on twigs of conifers in damp forests; there is no recent record from Italy, and no other trusted record from the Alps.