Peltigera elisabethae Gyeln.
Syn.: Peltigera mauritzii Gyeln., Peltigera microphylla (Anders) Gyeln.
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous soil, living mosses, plant debris
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: on terricolous bryophytes and soil rich in humus, with optimum in montane to subalpine forests; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Fribourg; Glarus; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Liechtenstein
