''Ramalina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of greenish

fruticose 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 ...

lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichensField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, or cartilage lichens.

Apothecia An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mos ...

are lecanorine. Lichen spot tests on the cortex are K−, C−, KC+ dark yellow, and P−. It is in the

Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Genera *'' Aciculopsora'' *''Adelolecia'' *''Arthr ...

and in the suborder

Lecanorineae ''Lecanorineae'' are a suborder of pezizomycetes fungi, commonly known as the lichens and rostrate asci. Families * Aphanopsidaceae * Byssolomataceae * Carbonicolaceae * Catillariaceae * Cetradoniaceae *Cladoniaceae * Crocyniaceae * ...

Distribution

The genus has a widespread distribution. A 2008 estimate placed more than 240 species in ''Ramalina''.

Species

*'' R. ailaoshanensis'' – China *'' R. alisiosae'' – Canary Islands *'' R. americana'' – North America *'' R. andina'' – Venezuela *'' R. arabum'' *'' R. arsenii'' – Europe *'' R. azorica'' –

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*'' R. australiensis'' *'' R. banzarensis'' *'' R. breviuscula'' *'' R. caespitella'' – Australia *'' R. calcarata'' – East Africa *'' R. calicaris'' *'' R. canalicularis'' *'' R. canariensis'' *'' R. cannonii'' – Peninsular Malaysia *'' R. capitata'' *'' R. carminae'' *'' R. celastri'' *'' R. chihuahuana'' – Mexico *'' R. chiguarensis'' – Venezuela *'' R. chondrina'' *'' R. cinereovirens'' – South Korea *'' R. confirmata'' *'' R. coreana'' – Southeast Asia *'' R. corymbosa'' *'' R. crispata'' – Venezuela *'' R. cuspidata'' *'' R. darwiniana'' – Galapagos *'' R. dilacerata'' *'' R. disparata'' – Africa *'' R. dissimilis'' – Tanzania *'' R. dumeticola'' – Africa *'' R. europaea'' – Europe *'' R. exiguella'' *'' R. exilis'' – Japan *'' R. farinacea'' *'' R. fastigiata'' *'' R. fecunda'' – Africa *'' R. filicaulis'' – Australia *'' R. fimbriata'' – East Africa *'' R. fissa'' *'' R. fragilis'' – Galapagos *'' R. fraxinea'' *'' R. furcellangulida'' – Galapagos *'' R. gallowayi'' *'' R. geniculatella'' – Saint Helena *'' R. glaucescens'' *'' R. gloriosensis'' – Scattered Islands *'' R. hengduanshanensis'' *'' R. hivertiana'' – Scattered Islands *'' R. hoehneliana'' *'' R. hyrcana'' *'' R. inclinata'' *'' R. inflata'' *'' R. intermedia'' *'' R. intestiniformis'' – Korea *'' R. ketner-oostrae'' – Saint Helena *'' R. krogiae'' – Canary Islands *'' R. labiosorediata'' – North America *'' R. lacera'' *'' R. leiodea'' *'' R. litorea'' *'' R. lopezii'' – Venezuela *'' R. luciae'' *'' R. mahoneyi'' *'' R. maritima'' – Africa *'' R. marteaui'' – Scattered Islands *'' R. menziesii'' *'' R. meridionalis'' *'' R. microphylla'' – Venezuela *'' R. nervulosa'' *'' R. obtusata'' *'' R. osorioi'' *'' R. pacifica'' – Japan *'' R. panizzei'' *'' R. peruviana'' *'' R. pollinaria'' *'' R. polyforma'' – Galapagos *'' R. polymorpha'' *'' R. portuensis'' *'' R. psoromica'' – Mexico *'' R. qinlingensis'' – China *'' R. quercicola'' *'' R. reducta'' – Africa *'' R. reptans'' – Hawaii *'' R. rigidella'' – Saint Helena *'' R. ryukyuensis'' – Japan *'' R. sanctae-helenae'' – Saint Helena *'' R. santanensis'' – Venezuela *'' R. sarahae'' –

Channel Islands (California) The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic province, a ...

*'' R. seawardii'' – Hong Kong *'' R. siliquosa'' *'' R. sphaerophora'' – Korea *'' R. stevensiae'' – Norfolk Island *'' R. stoffersii'' *'' R. subdecumbens'' – South Korea *'' R. subfarinacea'' *'' R. subfraxinea'' *'' R. subrotunda'' – Hawaii *'' R. tapperii'' – East Africa *'' R. tenella'' *'' R. tenuissima'' – Venezuela *'' R. throwerae'' – Hong Kong *'' R. tovarensis'' – Venezuela *'' R. translucida'' – East Africa *'' R. tropica'' – Australia *'' R. unilateralis'' *'' R. usnea'' *'' R. whinrayi'' – Australia *'' R. wirthii'' – Azores *'' R. yokotae'' – Japan *'' R. zollingeri'' File:Ramalina farinacea1.jpg, ''Ramalina farinacea'' File:Ramalina fastigiata1.jpg, ''Ramalina fastigiata'' File:Saare-rihmsamblik.JPG, '' Ramalina fraxinea'' File:A lichen - Ramalina siliquosa - geograph.org.uk - 933106.jpg, '' Ramalina siliquosa'' (with crustose lichen around it)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q662144 Lecanorales genera Lichen genera Taxa described in 1809 Taxa named by Erik Acharius