LICHALP

Aspicilia lignicola Hue

Syn.: Aspicilia gibbosa (Ach.) Körb. f. lignicola Anzi, Lecanora lignicola (Hue) Zahlbr.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: lignum

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a rarely collected species, reported from the Alps and the North African mountains.