Cladonia ramulosa (With.) J.R. Laundon
Syn.: Baeomyces anomaeus Ach., Capitularia pityrea Flörke, Cenomyce pityrea (Flörke) Ach., Cladonia anomaea (Ach.) Ahti & P. James, Cladonia lamarckii Nyl., Cladonia pityrea (Flörke) Fr., Lichen ramulosus With.
Lichenised.
Substrate: living mosses, siliceous rocks, bark, lignum, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)
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 mainly temperate to southern boreal-montane lichen found on epilithic bryophytes, rotting wood and organic soil.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Vaud; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;