Ricasolia amplissima (Scop.) De Not. - cyanomorph

Syn.: Cornicularia umhausense Auersw., Dendriscocaulon bolacinum (Ach.) Nyl., Dendriscocaulon umhausense (Auersw.) Degel., Leptogium bolacinum (Ach.) Nyl., Polychidium umhausense (Auersw.) Henssen
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: on bark of broad-leaved trees and on epiphytic mosses in warm-humid areas. This is the cyanobacterial morph of R. amplissima. Besides the obvious differences in morphology, it has a rather different ecology and distribution.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Schwyz; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Liguria;