Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm.

Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm.

Syn.: Cladonia aberrans auct., Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad. subsp. rangiformis (Hoffm.) Boistel, Cladonia muricata auct., Cladonia pungens (Ach.) Gray, Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. var. muricata (Delise) Arnold, Cladonia rangiformis Hoffm. var. pungens (Ach.) Vain.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, 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 species found on calciferous or base-rich siliceous soil in open habitats, with optimum in dry grasslands; widespread throughout the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Drôme; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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