LICHALP

Stereocaulon condensatum Hoffm.

Syn.: Stereocaulon acaulon Nyl., Stereocaulon condensatum Hoffm. var. acaulon (Nyl.) H. Olivier

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on sandy to gravelly, often disturbed soil in open situations, often associated with Pycnothelia papillaria.