Ramalina

Ramalina is a genus of greenish fruticose lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches.[2]:189 Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichens[2]:189 or cartilage lichens.[3] Apothecia are lecanorine.[2]:189

Ramalina
Ramalina fraxinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Lecanoromycetes
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Ramalinaceae
Genus:
Ramalina

Ach. (1809)[1]
Type species
Ramalina fraxinea
(L.) Ach. (1810)

Lichen spot tests on the cortex are K-, C-, KC+ dark yellow, and P-.[2]:189

It is in the Ramalinaceae and in the suborder Lecanorineae.[4]

Distribution

The genus has a widespread distribution and contains over 240 species.[5]

Species
  • Ramalina ahtii
  • Ramalina alludens
  • Ramalina americana
  • Ramalina anceps
  • Ramalina asahinae
  • Ramalina aspera
  • Ramalina asperula
  • Ramalina bajacalifornica
  • Ramalina baltica
  • Ramalina caespitella
  • Ramalina calcarata
  • Ramalina camptospora
  • Ramalina canalicularis
  • Ramalina canariensis
  • Ramalina capensis
  • Ramalina capitata
  • Ramalina celastri
  • Ramalina chihuahuana
  • Ramalina chondrina
  • Ramalina cochlearis
  • Ramalina complanata
  • Ramalina cryptochlorophaea
  • Ramalina culbersoniorum
  • Ramalina cuspidata
  • Ramalina darwiniana
  • Ramalina dendriscoides
  • Ramalina dendroides
  • Ramalina dilacerata
  • Ramalina erosa
  • Ramalina exiguella
  • Ramalina farinacea
  • Ramalina fastigiata
  • Ramalina flavovirens
  • Ramalina fragilis
  • Ramalina fraxinea
  • Ramalina furcellangulida
  • Ramalina grumosa
  • Ramalina hyrcana
  • Ramalina intermedia
  • Ramalina jamesii
  • Ramalina lacera
  • Ramalina leptocarpha
  • Ramalina litorea
  • Ramalina mahoneyi
  • Ramalina menziesii
  • Ramalina meridionalis
  • Ramalina microspora
  • Ramalina montana
  • Ramalina moranii
  • Ramalina palmiformis
  • Ramalina peruviana
  • Ramalina pollinaria
  • Ramalina polyforma
  • Ramalina polymorpha
  • Ramalina portosantana
  • Ramalina portuensis
  • Ramalina prolifera
  • Ramalina psoromica
  • Ramalina puberulenta
  • Ramalina puiggarii
  • Ramalina pusiola
  • Ramalina quercicola
  • Ramalina rectangularis
  • Ramalina rupestris
  • Ramalina sharpii
  • Ramalina siliquosa
  • Ramalina sinaloensis
  • Ramalina sinensis
  • Ramalina sonorensis
  • Ramalina sorediosa
  • Ramalina sprengelii
  • Ramalina stenospora
  • Ramalina stoffersii
  • Ramalina subcalicaris
  • Ramalina subfraxinea
  • Ramalina subleptocarpha
  • Ramalina superfraxinea
  • Ramalina thrausta
  • Ramalina timdaliana
  • Ramalina usnea
  • Ramalina whinrayi
  • Ramalina wigginsiae
  • Ramalina willeyi

References
  1. Acharius E. (1809). Lichenographia Universalis (in Latin). pp. 122, 598.
  2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  3. "Ramalina". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  4. C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
  5. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 591. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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