LICHALP

Parmelina tiliacea (Hoffm.) Hale

Syn.: Imbricaria tiliacea (Hoffm.) Flot., Lichen tiliaceus Hoffm., Parmelia scortea (Ach.) Ach., Parmelia tiliacea (Hoffm.) Ach., Parmelia tiliacea (Hoffm.) Ach. var. scortea (Ach.) Duby

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum, siliceous rocks,

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a mainly mild-temperate lichen mostly found on broad-leaved trees, sometimes on mossy rocks; widespread and often common throughout the Alps, rare only in somehow continental areas.