''Ramalina'' is a

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of greenish

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lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichensField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, or cartilage lichens.

Apothecia An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mo ...

are

lecanorine A lichen has lecanorine fruiting body parts if they are shaped like a plate with a ring around them, and that ring is made of tissue similar to the main non-fruiting body part of the lichen.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale ...

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s on the cortex are K−, C−, KC+ dark yellow, and P−. It is in the

Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Genera *'' Aciculopsora'' *''Adelolecia'' *'' Arth ...

and in the suborder Lecanorineae.

Distribution

The genus has a widespread distribution. A 2008 estimate placed more than 240 species in ''Ramalina''.

Species

*'' R. ailaoshanensis'' – China *'' R. alisiosae'' – Canary Islands *'' R. americana'' – North America *'' R. andina'' – Venezuela *'' R. arabum'' *'' R. arsenii'' – Europe *'' R. azorica'' –

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*''Ramalina australiensis, R. australiensis'' *''Ramalina banzarensis, R. banzarensis'' *''Ramalina breviuscula, R. breviuscula'' *''Ramalina caespitella, R. caespitella'' – Australia *''Ramalina calcarata, R. calcarata'' – East Africa *''Ramalina calicaris, R. calicaris'' *''Ramalina canalicularis, R. canalicularis'' *''Ramalina canariensis, R. canariensis'' *''Ramalina cannonii, R. cannonii'' – Peninsular Malaysia *''Ramalina capitata, R. capitata'' *''Ramalina carminae, R. carminae'' *''Ramalina celastri, R. celastri'' *''Ramalina chihuahuana, R. chihuahuana'' – Mexico *''Ramalina chiguarensis, R. chiguarensis'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina chondrina, R. chondrina'' *''Ramalina cinereovirens, R. cinereovirens'' – South Korea *''Ramalina confirmata, R. confirmata'' *''Ramalina coreana, R. coreana'' – Southeast Asia *''Ramalina corymbosa, R. corymbosa'' *''Ramalina crispata, R. crispata'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina cuspidata, R. cuspidata'' *''Ramalina darwiniana, R. darwiniana'' – Galapagos *''Ramalina dilacerata, R. dilacerata'' *''Ramalina disparata, R. disparata'' – Africa *''Ramalina dissimilis, R. dissimilis'' – Tanzania *''Ramalina dumeticola, R. dumeticola'' – Africa *''Ramalina europaea, R. europaea'' – Europe *''Ramalina exiguella, R. exiguella'' *''Ramalina exilis, R. exilis'' – Japan *''Ramalina farinacea, R. farinacea'' *''Ramalina fastigiata, R. fastigiata'' *''Ramalina fecunda, R. fecunda'' – Africa *''Ramalina filicaulis, R. filicaulis'' – Australia *''Ramalina fimbriata, R. fimbriata'' – East Africa *''Ramalina fissa, R. fissa'' *''Ramalina fragilis, R. fragilis'' – Galapagos *''Ramalina fraxinea, R. fraxinea'' *''Ramalina furcellangulida, R. furcellangulida'' – Galapagos *''Ramalina gallowayi, R. gallowayi'' *''Ramalina geniculatella, R. geniculatella'' – Saint Helena *''Ramalina glaucescens, R. glaucescens'' *''Ramalina gloriosensis, R. gloriosensis'' – Scattered Islands *''Ramalina hengduanshanensis, R. hengduanshanensis'' *''Ramalina hivertiana, R. hivertiana'' – Scattered Islands *''Ramalina hoehneliana, R. hoehneliana'' *''Ramalina hyrcana, R. hyrcana'' *''Ramalina inclinata, R. inclinata'' *''Ramalina inflata, R. inflata'' *''Ramalina intermedia, R. intermedia'' *''Ramalina intestiniformis, R. intestiniformis'' – Korea *''Ramalina ketner-oostrae, R. ketner-oostrae'' – Saint Helena *''Ramalina krogiae, R. krogiae'' – Canary Islands *''Ramalina labiosorediata, R. labiosorediata'' – North America *''Ramalina lacera, R. lacera'' *''Ramalina leiodea, R. leiodea'' *''Ramalina litorea, R. litorea'' *''Ramalina lopezii, R. lopezii'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina luciae, R. luciae'' *''Ramalina mahoneyi, R. mahoneyi'' *''Ramalina maritima, R. maritima'' – Africa *''Ramalina marteaui, R. marteaui'' – Scattered Islands *''Ramalina menziesii, R. menziesii'' *''Ramalina meridionalis, R. meridionalis'' *''Ramalina microphylla, R. microphylla'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina nervulosa, R. nervulosa'' *''Ramalina obtusata, R. obtusata'' *''Ramalina osorioi, R. osorioi'' *''Ramalina pacifica, R. pacifica'' – Japan *''Ramalina panizzei, R. panizzei'' *''Ramalina peruviana, R. peruviana'' *''Ramalina pollinaria, R. pollinaria'' *''Ramalina polyforma, R. polyforma'' – Galapagos *''Ramalina polymorpha, R. polymorpha'' *''Ramalina portuensis, R. portuensis'' *''Ramalina psoromica, R. psoromica'' – Mexico *''Ramalina qinlingensis, R. qinlingensis'' – China *''Ramalina quercicola, R. quercicola'' *''Ramalina reducta, R. reducta'' – Africa *''Ramalina reptans, R. reptans'' – Hawaii *''Ramalina rigidella, R. rigidella'' – Saint Helena *''Ramalina ryukyuensis, R. ryukyuensis'' – Japan *''Ramalina sanctae-helenae, R. sanctae-helenae'' – Saint Helena *''Ramalina santanensis, R. santanensis'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina sarahae, R. sarahae'' – Channel Islands (California) *''Ramalina seawardii, R. seawardii'' – Hong Kong *''Ramalina siliquosa, R. siliquosa'' *''Ramalina sphaerophora, R. sphaerophora'' – Korea *''Ramalina stevensiae, R. stevensiae'' – Norfolk Island *''Ramalina stoffersii, R. stoffersii'' *''Ramalina subdecumbens, R. subdecumbens'' – South Korea *''Ramalina subfarinacea, R. subfarinacea'' *''Ramalina subfraxinea, R. subfraxinea'' *''Ramalina subrotunda, R. subrotunda'' – Hawaii *''Ramalina tapperii, R. tapperii'' – East Africa *''Ramalina tenella, R. tenella'' *''Ramalina tenuissima, R. tenuissima'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina throwerae, R. throwerae'' – Hong Kong *''Ramalina tovarensis, R. tovarensis'' – Venezuela *''Ramalina translucida, R. translucida'' – East Africa *''Ramalina tropica, R. tropica'' – Australia *''Ramalina unilateralis, R. unilateralis'' *''Ramalina usnea, R. usnea'' *''Ramalina whinrayi, R. whinrayi'' – Australia *''Ramalina wirthii, R. wirthii'' – Azores *''Ramalina yokotae, R. yokotae'' – Japan *''Ramalina zollingeri, R. zollingeri'' File:Ramalina farinacea1.jpg, ''Ramalina farinacea'' File:Ramalina fastigiata1.jpg, ''Ramalina fastigiata'' File:Saare-rihmsamblik.JPG, ''Ramalina fraxinea'' File:A lichen - Ramalina siliquosa - geograph.org.uk - 933106.jpg, ''Ramalina siliquosa'' (with crustose lichen around it)

References

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