Peltigera hymenina (Ach.) Delise
Syn.: Peltidea hymenina Ach., Peltigera lactucifolia auct. non (With.) J.R. Laundon, Peltigera polydactylon (Neck.) Hoffm. var. crassoides Gyeln.
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 soil in open, but never fully sun-exposed habitats, often associated with mosses, with optimum in the montane belt; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Salzburg; Kärnten; Oberösterreich; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;