LICHALP

Cladonia bacilliformis (Nyl.) Sarnth.

Syn.: Cladonia carneola (Fr.) Fr. var. bacilliformis Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum,

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a species with a yellowish green squamulose primary thallus and unbranched, acuminate podetia with a sorediate surface, later sometimes with narrow scyphi, apothecia ochraceous but rarely developed; usually on rotten wood in forests dominated by conifers, but also on soil layers over siliceous rocks; not common in the Alps, mainly in the montane belt.