LICHALP

Normandina acroglypta (Norman) Aptroot

Syn.: Arthopyrenia chlorococca (Leight.) A.L. Sm., Lauderlindsaya acroglypta (Norman) R. Sant., Lauderlindsaya chlorococca (Leight.) Diederich & Sérus., Lauderlindsaya erichsenii (Keissl.) Diederich & Sérus., Normandina erichsenii (Keissl.) Aptroot, Polyblastia armericola Walt. Watson, Sphaerulina chlorococca (Leight.) R. Sant., Thelidium acroglyptum Norman, Thelidium chlorococcum (Leight.) Keissl., Thelidium erichsenii Keissl., Verrucaria chlorococca Leight.

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 lichen, most often found on trees with subacid to base-rich bark, often on mosses; the biology of this species is disputed.