LICHALP

Teloschistes chrysophthalmos (L.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Borrera chrysophthalmos (L.) Ach., Lichen chrysophthalmos L., Niorma chrysophthalmos (L.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A. Thell, N.H. Jeong & Hur, Physcia chrysophtalmos (L.) De Not., Tornabenia chrysophthalmos (L.) A. Massal., Xanthoanaptychia chrysophthalmos (L.) S.Y. Kondr. & Kärnefelt, Xanthoria chrysophthalmos (L.) Stizenb.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: based on a type from the Cape Province and there saxicolous (!), and typical of situations with a dry climate with frequent spells of fog, this species growing on twigs of shrubs and isolated trees in open habitats was much more common in the past, and is presently extinct in many regions; in the study area most of the records are from the Southern and the Western Alps, at low elevations.