LICHALP

Cladonia luteoalba Wheldon & A. Wilson

Lichenised.

Substrate: plant debris, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal distribution: subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a species with a conspicuous primary thallus consisting of large squamules which are revolute when dry, with a yellow underside, podetia rarely present, small, unbranched, ecorticate, with subulate tips; on soil layers over siliceous rocks and plant debris in open habitats; widespread in Europe but not common, with a few records from the Eastern Alps.