Cladonia acuminata (Ach.) Norrl.
Syn.: Cenomyce pityrea (Flörke) Ach. f. acuminata Ach., Cladonia acuminata (Ach.) Norrl. subsp. foliata (Arnold) Vain., Cladonia acuminata (Ach.) Norrl. var. norrlinii (Vain.) Lynge, Cladonia foliata (Arnold) Kernst., Cladonia norrlinii Vain.
Lichenised.
Substrate: living mosses, calciferous soil
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 cool-temperate to circumboreal-montane lichen found on calciferous soil rich in humus in open situations; widespread but not common in the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Kärnten; Oberösterreich; Germany: Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Unterwalden; Valais; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;