LICHALP

Thelocarpon lichenicola (Fuckel) Poelt & Hafellner

Syn.: Ahlesia lichenicola Fuckel, Thelocarpon ahlesii Fuckel, Thelocarpon applanatum H. Magn.

Lichenised.

Substrate: , , lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: on clay soil in disturbed sites, often in Calluna-heaths, mostly on Baeomyces rufus; doubtfully lichenised, to be searched for further in the Alps.