LICHALP

Cladonia pocillum (Ach.) Grognot

Syn.: Baeomyces pocillum Ach., Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. subsp. pocillum (Ach.) Vain., Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. var. pocillum (Ach.) Schaer.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a widespread holarctic species found on calciferous soil and amongst bryophytes in dry, open grasslands. The species, in its current circumscription, is heterogeneous; widespread and common throughout the Alps.