LICHALP

Cladonia ecmocyna Leight.

Syn.: Cladonia elongata (Wulfen) Hoffm. var. ecmocyna (Leight.) Räsänen, Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. var. ecmocyna (Leight.) Kernst.

Lichenised.

Substrate: 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 to subarctic-subalpine, circumpolar lichen found on organic soil and amongst bryophytes in cool depressions with a late snow cover.