Ramalina farinacea - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Ramalina farinacea

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Abundant
East side	Uncommon
Immediate coast	Abundant
Alpine or subalpine	None
Habitat:	West Cascades found in low to mid-elevation forests; also on trees in agricultural and urban areas; east Cascades mainly in low-elevation riparian habitats.
Substrate:	Bark and wood, both conifers and hardwoods.
Comments:
Synonymy:	none

Ramalina farinacea - Habit

Habit
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Ramalina farinacea - Branches

Branches
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Ramalina farinacea - Habit

Habit
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted

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

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color (Dry)
Pale Yellow Green:	Almost always
Pale Green:	Almost always
Upper Surface Tomentose:	Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid:	Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges:	Sometimes
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae:	Sometimes
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 P+ Orange or Red:	Commonly

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

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia:	Never
Soredia:	Almost always
Lobules:	Never