LICHALP

Cladonia strepsilis (Ach.) Grognot

Syn.: Baeomyces strepsilis Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), calciferous soil, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 cool-temperate to boreal-montane lichen found on humus-rich soil overlaying siliceous rocks and amongst bryophytes in humid depressions periodically filled by water, in open situations.