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Ramalina farinacea Ramalinaceae

Ramalina farinacea

Growth type fruticose.
Chemical results: Medulla, soralia K-. Occasionally K+ yellow turning red
Common on nutrient-rich bark of trees and shrubs.

Tufted or shrubby, pale grey-greenish thallus with narrow, strap-like, flattened lobes. The margins of the lobes develop oval or disc-shaped soralia. Apothecia are very rare (photograph below).

Can be confused with Evernia prunastri (K+ yellow)


Ramalina farinacea

Ramalina farinacea

Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina farinacea
Fertile specimen November 2015

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