LICHALP

Gabura fascicularis (L.) P.M. Jørg.

Syn.: Arctomia fascicularis (L.) Otálora & Wedin, Collema aggregatum auct., Collema ascaridosporum (A. Massal.) Degel., Collema fasciculare (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg., Lathagrium ascaridosporum A. Massal., Lichen fascicularis L., Synechoblastus aggregatus auct., Synechoblastus ascaridosporus (A. Massal.) Zwackh, Synechoblastus fascicularis (L.) A.L. Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate lichen with a fragmented holarctic range, found on old broad-leaved trees, often on mosses, in open, humid stands; somehow more frequent in the past, presently very much declining.