Lichens of Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France

Distribution map of Physconia distorta (With.) J. R. Laundon © by Paul Diederich   Physconia distorta (With.) J. R. Laundon
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Physconia distorta – France (Isère), Grenoble, Villard-de-Lans, on Salix – © 2009 by H.-O. Baral

Syn.: P. pulverulacea Moberg, P. pulverulenta (Hoffm.) Poelt, Physcia pulverulenta (Hoffm.) Fürnr.

Corticolous on old isolated trees (mainly Fraxinus, Populus, Tilia, Ulmus, rarely Juglans, Quercus, etc.) on roadside, in orchards, pastures or along streams, in rather nitrophilous conditions.

Belgium: Mar.: RR, Fl.: RRR, Camp.: RRR (1920), Brab.: AR→RRR, Mosan: AR, Ard.: AR, Lorr.: AC.

Luxembourg: Ard.: AR, Lorr.: AC.

France: Mar.: RRR, Boul.: R, Pic.: R, Mosan, Ard., Lorr.: AC.

Lit.: Boul.: 72, Ho: 167, 219, 618, La66: 478-479, WS: 53, 105.

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