Peltigera monticola Vitik.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, lignum
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 recently-described and still rarely collected taxon related to P. rufescens and P. ponojensis, found on soil and amongst mosses over calcareous substrata, mostly in upland areas.
Austria: Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Vaud; Valais; France: Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;
