Cladonia macrophylla (Schaer.) Stenh.

Cladonia macrophylla (Schaer.) Stenh.

Syn.: Cladonia alpicola (Flot.) Vain., Cladonia ventricosa (Lightf.) J.F. Gmel. var. macrophylla Schaer.

Lichenised.

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

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 northern-Alpine species found on organic soil and weathered siliceous rocks; widespread in the Alps but generally not common.

Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Valais; France: Isère; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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