Cladonia cenotea (Ach.) Schaer.

Syn.: Baeomyces cenoteus Ach., Cladonia brachiata (Fr.) Hampe, Cladonia uncinata Hoffm.
Lichenised.
Substrate: lignum, bark, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: a temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on rotting wood, mainly on old stumps, and on soil rich in humus, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread and common throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;