Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae Species: Ramalina cuspidata Growth type fruticose. Photos: On coastal rocks. Co. Cork and Co. Waterford, Ireland. Erect or +/- pendant, shiny ivory coloured thallus, the lobes with conspicuous black pycnidal ostioles. The base is usually blackened and the main branches are rounded to weakly flattened in cross section. Frequently fertile. Chemical reactions are variable as several chemotypes occur: K+/- yellow-orange or yellow-red, P+/- yellow-orange, UV- Coastal, often on more sheltered rocks lower on shore than Ramalina siliquosa. Most frequent on western Irish coasts. Similar: Ramalina siliquosa. Lobes without black ostioles.

Ramalina cuspidata. January 2009 and April 2012