LICHALP

Lecanora quercicola Coppins & P. James

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal distribution: montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a species of the L. saligna-group with a granular to finely warted thallus and lecanorine apothecia with brown discs covered by a white to yellowish pruina, frequently with conidiomata containing broadly fusiform, curved macroconidia; on the bark of deciduous trees in parks and open woodlands; most common in Western Europe, with a few records from the Eastern Alps (Austria) and the Insubrian district (Italy).