Ramalina menziesii
| Ramalina menziesii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Ramalina |
| Species: | R. menziesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramalina menziesii Taylor (1847)
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Ramalina menziesii, the lace lichen, is a pale yellowish-green to grayish-green foliose lichen that grows up to a meter long, hanging from bark and twigs in a distinctive net-like or lace-like pattern that is unlike any other lichen in North America.[1]: 192 It becomes a deeper green when wet.[1]: 192 Apothecia are lecanorine.[1]: 192 it is an important food source for deer in the Coast Range of California, and a source of nest material for birds.[1]: 192 It is highly variable in its growth form, with branches sometimes so slender as to appear like strands, sometimes tiny, and sometimes large with broadly flattened branches.[1]: 192
Lichen spot tests on the cortex are K-, C-, P- and KC+ (dark yellow).[1]: 192
After years of effort, the California Lichen Society was able to convince the state legislature to recognize the lichen as the state lichen of California, the first lichen so honored.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
- ^ "California's State Lichen: Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii)". The California Lichen Society. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ Gumbiner, Daniel (May 19, 2016), "The Ex-Anarchist Construction Worker Who Became a World-Renowned Scientist", The Atlantic, retrieved September 13, 2021
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