Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. subsquamosa (Nyl. ex Leight.) Vain.

Syn.: Cladonia delicata (Ehrh.) Flörke var. subsquamosa Nyl. ex Leight., Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. var. allosquamosa Hennipman, Cladonia subsquamosa (Nyl. ex Leight.) Cromb.
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, lignum
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: more hygrophytic than the typical variety, and more bound to higher altitudes.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;