LICHALP

Melanohalea laciniatula (Flagey ex H. Olivier) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch

Syn.: Melanelia laciniatula (Flagey ex H. Olivier) Essl., Parmelia exasperatula Nyl. var. laciniatula Flagey ex H. Olivier, Parmelia laciniatula (Flagey ex H. Olivier) Zahlbr., Parmelia laevigatula (Nyl.) Parrique

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, rocks, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mainly Mediterranean-montane species found on the smooth bark of old deciduous trees, especially Fagus, in open, humid, mostly montane forests; most abundant in the Mediterranean mountains; widespread, but perhaps declining in the Alps.