LICHALP

Peltigera kristinssonii Vitik.

Syn.: Peltigera occidentalis sensu Kristinsson

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 slightly calciphilous species; probably more widespread in the Alps, with optimum near or above treeline.