Usnea substerilis Motyka

Syn.: Usnea sorediifera sensu Motyka non (Arnold) Lynge, Usnea stuppea (Räsänen) Motyka
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, 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: a subcontinental species, often confused in the past with the related U. perplexans; probably one of the most frequent Usnea of the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;