Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffm.

Syn.: Cladonia delicata auct., Lichen parasiticus Hoffm.
Lichenised.
Substrate: lignum, bark
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)
Note: a mainly temperate, probably holarctic species, normally lignicolous, on stumps, sometimes on basal parts of old trunks; widespread in the Alps.
Austria: Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;