Cladonia cervicornis (Ach.) Flot. subsp. verticillata (Hoffm.) Ahti
Syn.: Cladonia cervicornis (Ach.) Flot. var. verticillata (Hofffm.) Flot., Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. var. verticillata Hoffm., Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer., Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer. var. evoluta (Th. Fr.) Stein
Lichenised.
Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 boreal-montane to subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen found on acid soil in open habitats; more frequent in upland areas than the typical subspecies.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Switzerland: ?Bern; ?Graubünden; ?Uri; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;