LICHALP

Cladonia sublacunosa Vain.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

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: a species of the C. uncialis-group, with podetia lacking a cortical layer in the upper parts, which are distinctly arachnoid; on stony siliceous soil between siliceous boulders; only known from two high-elevation localities in the Eastern Alps; its taxonomic status is uncertain.