''Ramalina confertula'', the mountain strap lichen, is a species of

fruticose lichen A fruticose lichen is a form of lichen fungi that is characterized by a coral-like shrubby or bushy growth structure. It is formed from a symbiotic relationship of a photobiont such as green algae or less commonly cyanobacteria and one, two or m ...

in the family

Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichen-forming fungi in the order Lecanorales. First proposed by Carl Adolph Agardh in 1821, the family now comprises 63 genera and about 750 species. Ramalinaceae lichens exhibit diverse growth forms, includin ...

, known from only four locations on

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Habitat and Distribution

''R. confertula'' grows on volcanic rock on four volcanic rocky outcrops, at altitudes of 200 to 500 m.

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q81797348 confertula Lichen species Fungi of Macaronesia Lichens described in 1980 Taxa named by Hildur Krog