Hymenelia melanocarpa (Kremp.) Arnold
Syn.: Hymenelia prevostii (Duby) Kremp. var. melanocarpa Kremp., Ionaspis cyrtaspis auct., Ionaspis melanocarpa (Kremp.) Arnold
Lichenised.
Substrate: calciferous rocks
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 mainly arctic-alpine, circumpolar species, most frequent on hard, compact calciferous rocks in upland areas; widespread throughout the Alps.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; Schwyz; Unterwalden; Vaud; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Vaucluse; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Piemonte; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia; Trnovsky Gozd;