Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl.

Gheza, Gabriele, 2018, Addenda to the lichen flora of the Ticino river valley (western Po Plain, Italy), Natural History Sciences 5 (2), pp. 33-40 : 38

Normandina pulchella (Borrer) Nyl.

1: on bark and logs of Q. robur (GG) . 7: on bark of Q. robur (GG) . 9: on bark of Q. robur (GG) . 20: on bark of Q. robur (GG) .

An epiphytic species generally found on epiphytic liverworts or mosses in shaded and humid situations, especially in open woods. The species was not reported by Valcuvia Passadore et al. (2002 b), but it was listed in the checklist of the epiphytic lichens by Roella (1999). It seems rather rare, but it is probably more widespread than found until now, especially in the northern part of the river valley.