LICHALP

Melanelixia glabra (Schaer.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch

Syn.: Melanelia glabra (Schaer.) Essl., Parmelia glabra (Schaer.) Nyl., Parmelia olivacea (L.) Ach. var. corticola Th. Fr. f. glabra Schaer.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) 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 more or less isolated, mostly deciduous trees, with optimum in the submediterranean belt, but common also in the beech belt; ecologically similar to Pleurosticta acetabulum; widespread throughout the Alps.