Cladonia pleurota (Flörke) Schaer.

Cladonia pleurota (Flörke) Schaer.

Syn.: Capitularia pleurota Flörke, Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd. subsp. pleurota (Flörke) Vain., Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd. var. pleurota (Flörke) Schaer., Cladonia frondescens Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: lignum, plant debris, 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 alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen found on soil, rotting wood, more rarely on basal parts of trunks in open habitats, with optimum near or above treeline; widespread and common throughout the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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