LICHALP

Micarea peliocarpa (Anzi) Coppins & R. Sant.

Syn.: Bacidia albidolivens (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Bacidia hemipolioides (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Bacidia peliocarpa (Anzi) Lettau, Bacidia trisepta (Nägeli) Zahlbr., Bacidia triseptatuloides (Harm.) Zahlbr., Bacidia violacea (P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Nyl.) Arnold, Bilimbia albicans Arnold, Bilimbia hemipolioides (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Bilimbia peliocarpa Anzi, Bilimbia trisepta (Nägeli) Hellb., Bilimbia violacea (P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Nyl.) Th. Fr. non (Arnold) Arnold, Lecidea albidolivens Nyl., Lecidea dufourii Ach. ex Nyl., Lecidea fraterculans Nyl., Lecidea hemipolioides Nyl., Lecidea trisepta Nägeli, Lecidea triseptatula Nyl., Lecidea triseptatuloides Harm., Lecidea violacea P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Nyl. nom.illeg. non A. Massal., Micarea trisepta (Nägeli) Wetmore, Micarea violacea (P. Crouan & H. Crouan ex Nyl.) Hedl., Toninia hemipolioides (Nyl.) Guillaumot

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, living mosses, rocks, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

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 temperate to boreal-montane, ecologically wide-ranging species found on the acid bark of deciduous (especially old oaks and Fagus) and coniferous trees, lignum, peaty soil, moribund bryophytes, and small siliceous pebbles; widespread throughout the Alps.