LICHALP

Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad.

Syn.: Cenomyce furcata (Huds.) Ach., Cladonia corymbosa (Ach.) Krohn, Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. corymbosa (Ach.) Nyl., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. palamaea (Ach.) Nyl., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. pinnata (Flörke) Vain., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. racemosa (Hoffm.) Flörke, Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. subulata Flörke, Cladonia racemosa Hoffm., Lichen furcatus Huds.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses, lignum

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 holarctic, temperate to boreal-montane lichen found on soil, amongst mosses, sometimes on bark and lignum, in areas with calcareous or siliceous base-rich rocks, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread and common throughout the Alps.