Ramalina
| Ramalina | |
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| Ramalina fraxinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Ramalina Ach. (1809)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. (1810)
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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
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 farinacea
Ramalina fastigiata
Ramalina siliquosa (with crustose lichen around it)
References[]
- ^ Acharius E. (1809). Lichenographia Universalis (in Latin). pp. 122, 598.
- ^ a b c d Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ^ "Ramalina". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
- ^ 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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