LICHALP

Cladonia scabriuscula (Delise) Nyl.

Syn.: Cenomyce scabriuscula Delise, Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. adspersa (Flörke) F. Wilson, Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. pungens Ach. non Fr., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. recurva A.L. Sm., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. var. scabriuscula (Delise) Coem., Cladonia pungens (Ach.) Gray non auct., Cladonia surrecta (Flörke) Sandst.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly temperate, widespread but rare lichen found on soil and amongst mosses in humid-sheltered situations, such as in open woodlands.