Melanelia hepatizon

Melanelia hepatizon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Melanelia
Species:	M. hepatizon
Binomial name
	Melanelia hepatizon; (Ach.) A.Thell (1995)
Synonyms
	List Lichen hepatizon Ach. (1799) ; Parmelia fahlunensis var. hepatizon (Ach.) Ach. (1803) ; Platysma hepatizon (Ach.) Vain. (1888) ; Cetraria hepatizon (Ach.) Vain. (1899) ; Tuckermannopsis hepatizon (Ach.) Kurok. (1991) ; Platysma polyschizum Nyl. (1862) ; Cetraria fahlunensis var. polyschiza (Nyl.) Th.Fr. (1867) ; Imbricaria polyschiza (Nyl.) Arnold (1871) ; Parmelia fahlunensis var. polyschiza (Nyl.) Bagl. & Carestia (1880) ; Cetraria polyschiza (Nyl.) Jatta (1900) ; Cetraria hepatizon f. polyschizum (Nyl.) H.Magn. (1929) ; Cetraria hepatizon var. polyschiza (Nyl.) H.Magn. (1936) ;

Melanelia hepatizon, commonly known as the rimmed camouflage lichen or the rimmed brown-shield, is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Its thallus, ranging in colour from brown to black, features narrow, elongated lobes that can be flat, convex, or concave. This lichen has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in Asia, Europe, North America, Iceland, and Greenland.