LICHALP

Micarea nitschkeana (J. Lahm ex Rabenh.) Harm.

Syn.: Bacidia nitschkeana (J. Lahm ex Rabenh.) Zahlbr., Bacidia spododes (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Bilimbia nitschkeana J. Lahm ex Rabenh., Bilimbia sophodes (Nyl.) Arnold, Lecidea nitschkeana (J. Lahm ex Rabenh.) Stizenb., Lecidea spododes Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, plant debris, lignum

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: on twigs and small branches of conifers and, more rarely of acid-barked deciduous trees and small shrubs, occasionally also on lignum.