LICHALP

Cladonia macroceras (Delise) Hav.

Syn.: Cenomyce gracilis (L.) Dufour var. macroceras Delise, Cladonia elongata auct. p.p., Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. var. macroceras (Delise) Flot.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen, one of the most abundant species in Rhododendron heaths throughout the Alps, mostly deeply immersed amongst mosses; widespread and common throughout the Alps. See also note on C. gracilis.