LICHALP

Multiclavula vernalis (Schwein.) R.H. Petersen

Syn.: Clavaria vernalis Schwein., Clavulinopsis vernalis (Schwein.) Corner

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) 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: on humic to sandy, acid soil in humid situations; perhaps overlooked by lichenologists, but certainly very rare in the Alps.