LICHALP

Naetrocymbe rhyponta (Ach.) R.C. Harris

Syn.: Arthopyrenia rhyponta (Ach.) A. Massal., Leiophloea rhyponta (Ach.) Trevis., Pyrenula rhyponta (Ach.) Trevis., Verrucaria rhyponta Ach.

Non- or doubtfully lichenised.

Substrate: 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: a probably circumpolar species found on smooth bark, especially on twigs and branches of deciduous trees, most common in upland areas.