LICHALP

Thelenella modesta (Nyl.) Nyl.

Syn.: Dactyloblastus wallrothianus (Körb.) A. Massal., Luykenia modesta (Nyl.) Trevis., Microglaena modesta (Nyl.) A.L. Sm., Microglaena wallrothiana Körb., Microglaena wallrothiana Körb. var. septentrionalis Th. Fr., Phlyctis norvegica Norman, Polyblastia modesta (Nyl.) H. Olivier, Thelenella wallrothiana (Körb.) Syd., Verrucaria modesta Nyl.

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: a mainly mild-temperate, western lichen found on bark of broad-leaved trees and shrubs in rather sheltered and humid situations; apparently more frequent in the Southern and Western Alps, but generally not common.