LICHALP

Bacidia igniarii (Nyl.) Oxner

Syn.: Bacidia abbrevians (Nyl.) Th. Fr., Bilimbia igniarii (Nyl.) Arnold, Lecidea igniarii Nyl.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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 northern species of smooth bark, very rarely found on lignum; on the whole a critical taxon, which needs revision, with a few scattered records from the Alps.