LICHALP

Lecanora populicola (DC.) Duby

Syn.: Lecanora distans (Ach.) Ach., Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. var. distans (Ach.) D. Dietr., Parmelia distans (Ach.) Mart., Patellaria populicola DC.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a cool-temperate to circumboreal-montane lichen found especially on Populus tremula and Alnus in the montane belt; apparently more frequent in the Southern and Western Alps.