LICHALP

Cladonia mitis Sandst.

Syn.: Cladina mitis (Sandst.) Hustich, Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flot. subsp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss, Cladonia subsylvatica Stirt.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 typical member of subalpine-alpine tundras, perhaps more common at higher altitudes than C. arbuscula; widespread throughout the Alps.