Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon

Gheza, Gabriele, 2018, Addenda to the lichen flora of the Ticino river valley (western Po Plain, Italy), Natural History Sciences 5 (2), pp. 33-40 : 36

Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon ( Fig. 1 )

8: on acidic sandy-pebbly soil (GG). 12: on acidic sandy-pebbly and slightly humified soil (GG; RA16).

Terricolous on sandy-pebbly or little humified soil in pioneer or disturbed situations, this species is easily outcompeted by mosses and vascular plants ( Tønsberg & Øvstedal, 1995) and therefore needs availability of open soil to persist. It was firstly reported by Gheza in Ravera et al. (2016) for one locality and then found, a little more widespread, in another locality. Extremely rare.

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Fig. 1 - Cladonia peziziformis, Brughiera di Tornavento.