LICHALP

Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R. Laundon

Syn.: Cladonia capitata (Michx.) Spreng., Cladonia cariosa (Ach.) Spreng. var. leptophylla (Ach.) Hepp, Cladonia leptophylla (Ach.) Flörke, Cladonia leptophylloides Harm., Lichen peziziformis With.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly temperate lichen found on soil in open woodlands (oak, pine), in areas with siliceous substrata, with a few scattered records from the Alps.