LICHALP

Peltigera malacea (Ach.) Funck

Syn.: Peltidea canina (L.) Ach. var. malacea (Ach.) Wahlenb., Peltidea malacea Ach., Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. var. malacea (Ach.) Branth & Rostr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), living mosses

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) 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 circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen found in grasslands and shrublands near and above treeline, often amongst mosses, on siliceous substrata; widespread throughout the Alps.