Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae Species: Ramalina fastigiata Growth type fruticose. Photos: On trunk and branches of deciduous trees. Cork, Ireland Tufted, erect, grey-green thallus with many wrinkled, often +/- swollen lobes. Very fertile with creamy-white apical apothecia. Asci are 8-spored, the spores 1-septate, colourless, 12-15 x 5-7 µm and kidney-shaped. Common throughout Ireland on well-lit, nutrient-rich bark. Chemical reactions usually negative.

Above Ramalina fastigiata. December 2008 and 2010