Foliose, rosettes <6cm, bright lemon-yellow, sorediate margins.
Ecology, geology: on Pinus uncinata. Sandstones and lutites in centimetric alternations of Cambrian-Ordovician.
Like Parmeliopsis ambigua, it grows at the base of the trunks down to the snow level, so that it is protected from the winter cold.
Distribution: Circumboreal Region.
Altitude: 1.860 m
Location: Barranc de les Comes de Rubió. Soriguera (Pallars Sobirà)
Climate: Western Pre-pyrenean Mediterranean (Tmm=6ºC, 700mm)
Location: Barranc de les Comes de Rubió. Soriguera (Pallars Sobirà)
Climate: Western Pre-pyrenean Mediterranean (Tmm=6ºC, 700mm)
Common name: powdered sunshine lichen.
Etymology: Vulpicida is a genus circumscribed by Jan-Eric Mattson and Ming-Jou Lai in 1993, and was describen in 1772 by Gionvanni Antonio Scopoli. Vulpicida is derived from the Latin vulpes, “fox”, and de suffix -cida from caedō, “who kills”. The epithet pinastri from Latin pinaster meaning “wild pine”.
Bibliography:
Mattsson, J.E.; Lai, M.J. (1993). Vulpicida, a new genus in Parmeliaceae (lichenized ascomycetes). Mycotaxon. 46: 425–428.
Nimis P.L., 2025. ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens. Version 8.0. University of Trieste, Dept. of Biology, (https://dryades.units.it/italic), accessed on 2025/03/08. All data are released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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