LICHALP

Cladonia cornuta (L.) Hoffm.

Syn.: Cladonia radiata (Schreb.) Ach. var. cornuta (L.) M. Choisy, Lichen cornutus L.

Lichenised.

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

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 species found on mineral and organic soil, but also on wood, with optimum in subalpine areas with siliceous substrata; widespread throughout the Alps.