Chrysothrix caesia (Flot.) Ertz & Tehler

Chrysothrix caesia (Flot.) Ertz & Tehler

Syn.: Allarthonia caesia (Flot.) Zahlbr., Arthonia caesia (Flot.) Körb., Coniangium caesium Flot.

Lichenised.

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 mild-temperate species also known from North America, found on the smooth bark of deciduous trees, especially Carpinus; often sterile and overlooked in the Alps, being easily confused with species of Lepraria.

Austria: Kärnten; Steiermark; Italy: Friuli; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;

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