Irish lichens

Ramalina siliquosa K+ chemotype

Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae

Species: Ramalina siliquosa (K+ chemotype)

Growth type fruticose.
Photos: On coastal rock. Allihies, Co. Cork, SW Ireland.
K+ red. Identified by Alan Silverside (from photographs)

Chemical reaction K+ red
Lobes are more or less solid, convex and densely tuberculate.

Found in the same coastal habits as the more usual K- forms of
Ramalina siliquosa


Ramalina siliquosa K+ chemotype

Ramalina siliquosa K+ chemotype
Ramalina siliquosa K+ red chemotype. June 2009

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