LICHALP

Cladonia mediterranea P.A. Duvign. & Abbayes

Syn.: Cladina mediterranea (P.A. Duvign. & Abbayes) Follmann & Hern.-Padr., Cladonia macaronesica Ahti

Lichenised.

Substrate: , living mosses

Altitudinal distribution: mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex)

Note: a Mediterranean-Macaronesian lichen found in Mediterranean maquis vegetation amongst pleurocarpous mosses in sheltered situations with plenty of diffuse light, with a few records from the base of the Western Alps.