LICHALP

Flavocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Kärnefelt & A. Thell

Syn.: Allocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Randlane & Saag, Cetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Ach., Lichen cucullatus Bellardi, Nephromopsis cucullata (Bellardi) Divakar, A. Crespo & Lumbsch

Lichenised.

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

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 circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen, a typical element of tundra-like vegetation in open, dry habitats, mostly above treeline, most frequent on basic siliceous substrata, in wind-exposed ridges; widespread throughout the Alps.