LICHALP

Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm.

Syn.: Cladonia neglecta (Flörke) Spreng., Lichen pyxidatus L.

Lichenised. Poorly known taxon.

Substrate: calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses, plant debris, lignum, bark

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a widespread, very polymorphic, holarctic species with a wide altitudinal-latitudinal range, which is common throughout the Alps. In its present circumscription, however, the species appears to be heterogeneous. See also note on C. monomorpha.