LICHALP

Cladonia humilis (With.) J.R. Laundon

Syn.: Cladonia conistea (""Delise"") Asahina, Cladonia conoidea Ahti, Lichen humilis With.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), lignum, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate, widespread species found on disturbed, often sandy soil, more rarely on lignum and mossy trees; apparently more frequent in the Southern and Western Alps.