Ramalina dilacerata - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Ramalina dilacerata

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Common
East side	Occasional
Immediate coast	Common
Alpine or subalpine	Rare
Habitat:	Most common in riparian forests and shrubs at low elevations; east Cascades mainly in areas of strongest oceanic influence.
Substrate:	Hardwood trees and shrubs, also frequent on conifers.
Comments:
Synonymy:	none

Ramalina dilacerata - Habit

Habit

Growth Form
Fruticose:	Almost always
Foliose:	Never
Crustose:	Never
Appressed Foliose:	Never
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy:	Never
Dangling Hair:	Never
Erect Hair:	Sometimes
Appressed Hair:	Never
Stalks With Squamules:	Never
Stalks:	Almost always
Squamules:	Never
Single Holdfast:	Almost always
Dangling Nets:	Never

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color (Dry)
Pale Gray Green:	Sometimes
Pale Yellow Green:	Almost always
Pale Green:	Almost always
Whitish:	Sometimes
Upper Surface Tomentose:	Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid:	Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges:	Sometimes
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae:	Never
Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity:	Never
Cilia on Margins:	Never

Interior
Inside (Medulla) Yellow or Orange:	Never
Central Cord:	Never
Hollow Stalks or Hollow Lobes:	Never
Gelatinous:	Never

Photobiont
Green Algae Primary Photobiont:	Almost always
Cyanobacteria Primary Photobiont:	Never
Internal Cephalodia:	Never
External Cephalodia:	Never

Chemistry
Usnic Acid:	Almost always
Cortex KC+ Yellow:	Almost always
Medulla UV+ Blue White:	Almost always

Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia:	Never
Apothecia:	Almost always
Mazaedium:	Never
Disk Color (Dry)
Disk Pale Greenish:	Almost always
Disk Brown or Tan:	Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia:	Never
Soredia:	Never
Lobules:	Never