LICHALP

Cladonia bellidiflora (Ach.) Schaer.

Syn.: Lichen bellidiflorus Ach.

Lichenised.

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

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 cool-temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on acid soil and mossy rocks in wind-protected and humid situations (e.g. in sites with a long snow cover), most frequent near or above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.