LICHALP

Cladonia cervicornis (Ach.) Flot. subsp. cervicornis

Syn.: Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer. var. cervicornis (Ach.) Flörke, Lichen cervicornis Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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 temperate to southern boreal-montane lichen found on mineral siliceous soil in open grasslands and garrigues; several records from upland areas could refer to subsp. verticillata or even to C. macrophyllodes.