LICHALP

Felipes leucopellaeus (Ach.) Frisch & G. Thor

Syn.: Arthonia leucopellaea (Ach.) Almq., Arthonia marmorata Nyl., Arthonia melaleuca sensu Malme, Arthonia schaereri A. Massal., Melaspilea associata Norman, Trachylia leucopellaea (Ach.) Eitner, Spiloma melaleucum Ach. var. leucopellaeum Ach.

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 species with lobate ascomata bordered by byssoid hyphae, and phragmospored, microcephalic ascospores; on bark of conifers in old-growth forests under suboceanic climatic conditions; widespread in the temperate to boreal zones, in the Alps lacking only in areas with a more continental climate.