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Ramalina

Ramalina
Ramalina fraxinae ascocarp.JPG
Ramalina fraxinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Ach. (1809)
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. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichens or cartilage lichens.Apothecia are lecanorine.

Lichen spot tests on the cortex are K-, C-, KC+ dark yellow, and P-.

It is in the Ramalinaceae and in the suborder Lecanorineae.

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

Ramalina farinacea

Ramalina fastigiata

Ramalina fraxinea

Ramalina siliquosa (with crustose lichen around it)



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