Cladonia merochlorophaea Asahina
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses
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 mainly cool-temperate, probably circumpolar lichen found on humus-rich soil.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Luzern; Schwyz; Valais; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Trnovsky Gozd;
