Ramalina calicaris Ramalinaceae
Ramalina calicaris

Growth type fruticose
Chemical results negative.

Can be locally abundant on well-lit, nutrient-rich branches and twigs. Often coastal.

Thallus upright or pendant with narrow lobes forming a single deep channel. Soredia absent, the apothecia are marginal and usually subterminal.
Spores are straight, 1-septate 10-16 x 5-7 µm.

Can be confused with narrow-lobed morphs of Ramalina fraxinea but this has kidney-shaped spores.


Ramalina calicaris


Ramalina calicaris
Ramalina calicaris
Luscombe Nature Reserve, Sandbanks, Dorset. October 2014

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