Ramalina americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Species: Ramalina americana

Name

Ramalina americana Hale

Substratum/Locality: On yellow birch; New Hampshire, U.S.A.

References

• Hale, M.E., Jr. (1978) A new species of Ramalina from North America (Lichenes: Ramalinaceae) The Bryologist 81(4): 599–602.   (RLL List # 103-33 / Rec. # 7363 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Ramalina (pp. 620-632) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Ramalina americana, description: pp. 621-22; photo p. 622)

• LaGreca, S. (1999) A Phylogenetic Evaluation of the Ramalina americana Chemotype Complex (Lichenized Ascomycota, Ramalinaceae) Based on rDNA ITS Sequence Data. The Bryologist 102(4): 602–618.   (RLL List # 178 / Rec. # 10865 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

• Thomson, J.W. (2003) Ramalina (pages 203-206). In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages.   (RLL List # 190 / Rec. # 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Ramalina americana, description: p. 204)

• USDA Plants Database

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Stephen Sharnoff's Lichen Photos -Ramalina americana

Vernacular names

English: Sinewed ramalina;   American cartilage lichen