Cladonia phyllophora Hoffm.

Syn.: Baeomyces degenerans Flörke, Cladonia degenerans (Flörke) Spreng., Cladonia lepidota (Ach.) Nyl. non auct., Cladonia trachyna (Ach.) Nyl.
Lichenised.
Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses, plant debris
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) 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, probably holarctic lichen found on acid mineral soil; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;