Cladonia macrophyllodes Nyl.

Syn.: Cladonia lepidota Nyl. var. macrophyllodes (Nyl.) Du Rietz
Lichenised.
Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses
Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)
Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar species found on soil in open sites with a long snow cover, optimum in the alpine belt of the siliceous Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Ticino; Uri; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;