Dactylina ramulosa #

Taxon #

Dactylina ramulosa

Organization #

Fruticose Parmalioids

Identification #

The more branched, knobby, and most abundantly fertile member of the Dactylina genus. With a conspicuous pruina over most specimens. May be somewhat webby in cross section (Brodo et al. 2001).

Substrate #

Terricolous, bryocolous, among heaths

Chemical Tests #

cortex: K-, C-, KC- or KC+ yellow or pink; medulla K-, KC+ red, Pd+ red (CLH) or Pd- (Brodo et al. 2001)

Notes #

A ubiquitous species in Alaska except roughly from the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula southwest to the Aleutians and also without collections from the Bering Sea Islands.