LICHALP

Lepraria incana (L.) Ach.

Syn.: Byssus incana L., Crocynia maritima B. de Lesd., Lepra sulphurea (Schltdl.) Ehrh., Lepraria aeruginosa auct., Lepraria glaucella (Flörke) Ach., Lepraria sulphurea Schltdl., Patellaria incana (L.) Spreng.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, living mosses, plant debris, calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), lignum

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: on acid bark of coniferous and deciduous trees in sites protected from rain, sometimes on siliceous rocks, soil and lignum; widespread throughout the Alps.