Melanelixia fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch

Syn.: Melanelia fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) Essl., Parmelia fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) Nyl. non (Ach.) Schaer., Parmelia glabratula (Lamy) Nyl. subsp. fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) J.R. Laundon, Parmelia glabratula (Lamy) Nyl. var. fuliginosa (Fr. ex Duby) Grummann, Parmelia olivacea (L.) Ach. var. fuliginosa Fr. ex Duby
Lichenised.
Substrate: siliceous rocks, bark
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 mainly silicicolous species; widespread throughout the Alps. See also note on M. glabratula.
Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Burgenland; Germany: Oberbayern; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; St. Gallen; Vaud; Valais; France: Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Var; Italy: Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta;