Melanohalea elegantula (Zahlbr.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Syn.: Collema exasperatum Ach., Melanelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Essl., Melanelia incolorata (Parrique) Essl., Parmelia aspidota (Ach.) Poetsch var. elegantula Zahlbr., Parmelia elegantula (Zahlbr.) Szatala, Parmelia exasperatula Nyl. var. elegantula (Zahlbr.) Zahlbr., Parmelia incolorata (Parrique) Lettau
Lichenised.
Substrate: bark, 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: a mild-temperate lichen found on old trees (e.g. oaks, Castanea), more rarely on siliceous rocks, with optimum in the montane belt; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Luzern; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;