Usnea ceratina Ach.

Syn.: Usnea ceratina Ach. f. incurvescens (Arnold) H. Olivier
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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 lichen also known from the Southern Hemisphere found on branches of trees in damp forests with frequent fog; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Uri; Unterwalden; ?Valais; France: Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;