Cladonia borealis S. Stenroos
Lichenised.
Substrate: living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), siliceous rocks
Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)
Note: on mineral siliceous soil in open habitats; related to C. coccifera, and with a similar ecology; certainly more widespread in the Alps.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Switzerland: Graubünden; Schwyz; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia;
