LICHALP

Lepraria vouauxii (Hue) R.C. Harris

Syn.: Crocynia arctica Lynge, Crocynia vouauxii Hue, Lepraria arctica (Lynge) Wetmore, Leproloma vouauxii (Hue) J.R. Laundon

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), rocks

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 isolated deciduous trees, in positions which are seldom wetted by rain, sometimes on brick walls, with a wide ecological and altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.