LICHALP

Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. squamosa

Syn.: Cenomyce sparassa (Ach.) Ach., Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. denticollis (Hoffm.) Flörke, Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. levicorticata Sandst., Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. muricella (Delise) Vain., Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. phyllocoma (Rabenh.) Vain., Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. polychonia Flörke

Lichenised.

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

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 lichen found on organic substrata in sheltered situations, rarely on bark, in the basal parts of trunks; a very polymorphic taxon, widespread throughout the Alps.