LICHALP

Vulpicida pinastri (Scop.) J.-E.Mattsson & M.J. Lai var. soralifera (Frey) J.-E. Mattsson

Syn.: Cetraria caperata Vain. var. soralifera Frey

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a variety with laminal, roundish soralia, mostly on bark; widespread in the Holarctic Region, in Europe most common in Scandinavia, with several records from the Swiss Alps only.