LICHALP

Pannaria conoplea (Ach.) Bory

Syn.: Pannaria caeruleobadia A. Massal. nom.illeg., Pannaria lanuginosa auct., Pannaria pityrea sensu Degel. non DC., Parmelia conoplea Ach., Trachyderma caeruleobadium (Mudd) Trevis.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum,

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 Lobarion-species most common on mossy bark in open, humid forests, sometimes on mossy siliceous rocks; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally not common.