LICHALP

Agonimia allobata (Stizenb.) P. James

Syn.: Amphoroblastia allobata (Stizenb.) Servít, Polyblastia allobata (Stizenb.) Zschacke, Verrucaria allobata Stizenb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses

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 with subtropical affinities, found on ancient deciduous trees, in crevices or amongst mosses, in undisturbed forests or in deep gorges; widespread but usually rare in the Alps.