LICHALP

Dendrographa decolorans (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Ertz & Tehler

Syn.: Arthonia decolorans (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Erichsen, Lepraria decolorans (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Almb., Opegrapha albocincta Nyl., Opegrapha pitardii B. de Lesd., Schismatomma albocinctum (Nyl.) Zahlbr., Schismatomma decolorans (Turner & Borrer ex Sm.) Clauzade & Vězda, Schismatomma pitardii (B. de Lesd.) Torrente & Egea, Spiloma decolorans Turner & Borrer ex Sm.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus)

Note: a mild-temperate, mostly western species found on ancient trees, with a few records from the Southern and Western Alps.