Ramalina

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)

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


Distribution

The genus has a widespread distribution and contains over 240 species.[4]

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 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  3. C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
  4. 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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