Ramalina usnea

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 usnea

Name

Ramalina usnea (L.) R.Howe, 1914

Current name according to Index Fungorum: Ramalina australiensis Nyl., 1870

Basionym

• Lichen usnea L., 1767

Synonyms

• Ramalina bogotensis Nyl.
• Ramalina subanceps Nyl.

Primary references

• R. Howe, Bryologist 17: 81, fig. 1, pl. 12, figs 1-2 (1914)

• Howe, R.H., Jr. (1914) North American species of the genus Ramalina. VIII. The Bryologist 17(6): 81–87.   (Mattick Rec.# 27615 - Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

References

• Rundel, P.W. (1978) Evolutionary relationships in the Ramalina usnea complex. Lichenologist 10(2): 141–156.   (RLL List # 102-65 / Rec. # 16008 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Abstract) (Illustration of Ramalina usnea: p. 150)

• Kashiwadani, H. and Kalb, K. (1993) The genus Ramalina in Brazil. Lichenologist 25: 1–31.   (RLL List # 151 / Rec. # 9872 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi:10.1006/lich.1993.1010)

• Kashiwadani, H. and Nash III, T.H. (2004) Ramalina, pp. 440-455. In T.H. Nash III, B.D. Ryan, P. Diederich, C. Gries & F. Bungartz (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   (RLL List # 196 / Rec. # 25950 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Ramalina usnea: p. 454)

• Sanders, W. B. and Tokamov, S. A. 2015: Diffuse growth in the fruticose beard lichen Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe. The Lichenologist 47: 51–58.   doi:10.1017/S0024282914000504

Links

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Ramalina usnea

Vernacular names

English: Cartilage lichen