Cladonia deformis (L.) Hoffm.
Syn.: Cladonia crenulata (Ach.) Flörke, Lichen deformis L.
Lichenised.
Substrate: lignum, bark, plant debris, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)
Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 mainly boreal-montane, circumpolar species found on rotting wood and organic soil; some records could refer to C. sulphurina; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;