LICHALP

Peltigera lepidophora (Vain.) Bitter

Syn.: Peltigera canina (L.) Willd. var. lepidophora Vain.

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a mainly boreal-montane, circumpolar pioneer species of base-rich mineral soil, most frequent in upland areas, with optimum near treeline; widespread throughout the Alps, but only locally common.