Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae Species: Ramalina siliquosa Growth type fruticose. Photos: On coastal rock, Durrus, Cork, SW Ireland. Very variable. Thallus erect or pendant, smooth or warted, un-blackened at base. Lobes little-divided, strongly flattened, nodulose and with pale pycnidial tips. Apothecia are frequent with creamy-fawn discs. Common on siliceous rocks on coasts round Ireland, occasionally found slightly inland. More frequent than Ramalina cuspidata (main branches rounded to weakly flattened in cross section). Very variable, four chemical races with different reactions. Ramalina siliquosa (K+ chemotype)

     
Ramalina siliquosa. County Cork. July 2007 and June 2009