LICHALP

Bryoria mirabilis (Motyka) Bystrek

Syn.: Alectoria mirabilis Motyka, Alectoria subprolixa sensu Motyka

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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 taxon resembling B. capillaris, with pendent, olive-brown, regularly branched thalli reacting K+ yellow then red, and Pd+ yellow, the branches evenly coloured, sometimes with tuberculate soralia; in mixed and coniferous forests; widespread in Central Europe but not common (likely to be not always properly distinguished); from the Alps there are a few scattered records.