LICHALP

Anisomeridium biforme (Schaer.) R.C. Harris

Syn.: Acrocordia biformis (Schaer.) Arnold, Acrocordia polycarpa (Körb.) Körb., Arthopyrenia biformis (Schaer.) A. Massal., Arthopyrenia byssacea (Taylor) A.L. Sm., Arthopyrenia conformis (Nyl.) Müll. Arg., Arthopyrenia tersa Körb. non auct., Ditremis biformis (Schaer.) R.C. Harris, Epicymathia thallophila (Cooke) Sacc., Leiophloea biformis (Schaer.) Trevis., Verrucaria biformis Schaer., Verrucaria conformis Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate, probably holarctic species found on deciduous trees in open and humid woodlands, e.g. along creeks and rivers on Fraxinus, Populus and Salix, sometimes also on oaks.