LICHALP

Cladonia cariosa (Ach.) Spreng.

Syn.: Cladonia locarnensis Frey nom.illeg., Cladonia pityrodes Nyl., Cladonia symphycarpodes Nyl., Lichen cariosus Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), calciferous soil

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 disturbed mineral, often sandy soil over calcareous or base-rich substrata, with a wide altitudinal range; widespread throughout the Alps.