LICHALP

Coniocarpon elegans (Ach.) Duby

Syn.: Arthonia elegans (Ach.) Almq., Arthonia ochracea Dufour, Coniocarpon ochraceum (Dufour) Fr., Spiloma elegans Ach.

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 mild-temperate lichen found on smooth bark, e.g. of Corylus, in humid woodlands, such as along rivers, often with Pseudoschismatomma rufescens.