LICHALP

Cladonia macilenta Hoffm.

Syn.: Cladonia bacillaris (Ach.) Genth, Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. var. clavata (Ach.) H. Olivier, Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. var. scabrosa (Mudd) Cromb., Cladonia macilenta Hoffm. var. squamigera Vain.

Lichenised.

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

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on different organic substrata such as rotting wood, bark (mostly on basal parts of trunks), and more rarely on soil rich in humus; widespread throughout the Alps.