Syn.: Melanelixia fuliginosa (Duby) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch subsp. glabratula (Lamy) J. R. Laundon, Melanelia fuliginosa subsp. glabratula (Lamy) Coppins, M. glabratula (Lamy) Essl., nom. illeg., Parmelia glabratula (Lamy) Nyl., P. laetevirens (Flot.) Rosend.

Corticolous, in forests (on Fagus and Quercus), in orchards and on roadside trees (e.g. Fraxinus and Tilia), rarely saxicolous over sandstone.

Belgium: Mar.: C, Fl.: AR, Camp.: R, Brab.: AR, Mosan, Ard., Lorr.: C.

Luxembourg: Ard.: C, Lorr.: C.

France: Mar.: RR, Boul.: AR, Pic.: R, Mosan, Ard., Lorr.: C.

Lit.: Boul.: 70, Ca: 140-141, Ho: 180, La66: 426-427, NL84: 16, Qu: 107-108, WS: 39, 79.