LICHALP

Strangospora moriformis (Ach.) Stein

Syn.: Arthonia moriformis Ach., ?Biatorella improvisa (Nyl.) Almq., Biatorella moriformis (Ach.) Th. Fr., Biatorella nitens Th. Fr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on hard lignum (e.g. on poles), and on the bark of conifers, rarely of deciduous trees, mostly on the basal parts of old trunks; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally not very common.