Ramalina farinacea #

Taxon #

Ramalina farinacea

Organization #

Hair & Shrub-Like Lichens

Identification #

Light yellowish green, shrub-like lichen. Sorediate but only rarely with apothecia. Similar morphologically to R. subleptocarpha but can be distinguished by the shape of the soralia which are more rounded in R. farinacea and more elongated in R. subleptocarpha (Brodo et al. 2001). Differences in expected substrate can also aid in identification as R. farinacea more commonly grows on hardwoods while R. subleptocarpha more commonly on conifers (Spribille et al. 2023).

Substrate #

corticolous, ramicolous, rarely saxicolous

Chemical Tests #

medulla and soralia: K- or K+ red, C-, KC- or KC+ pink, Pd+ yellow, Pd+ orange, or Pd+ red (Brodo et al. 2001)

Notes #

R. farinacea is a much more common species in Alaska than R. subleptocarpha (CLH and Spribille et al. 2023).

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