Micarea alabastrites. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Micarea alabastrites. Some information on its associated organisms and substrata, habitat, dispersal and transmission, and conservation status is given, along with details of its geographical distribution (North America (Canada (British Columbia), USA (Tennessee)), Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Chile, Colombia), Asia (South Korea, Turkey), Atlantic Ocean (Portugal (Azores, Madeira), Spain (Canary Islands)), Australasia (Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria)), Europe (Belgium, France, Ireland, Norway, UK)). This species is used in the British Isles as an indicator of ecological continuity, particularly in the west of Ireland and the west of Scotland, and specifically of pinewoods.