Ramalina farinacea

Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina fraxinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Ramalina
Species: R. farinacea
Binomial name
Ramalina farinacea
(L.) Ach. (1810)
Synonyms
  • Lichen farinaceus L. (1753)

Ramalina farinacea is an epiphytic bushy shaped (fruticose) lichen common to areas with Mediterranean, subtropical, or temperate climates. It is in the Ramalina genus of the family Ramalinaceae.[1] The coexistence of two different species of the Trebouxia genus of green algae at the same time were found to be in each specimen collected in widely distributed populations.[1] The algae thrive in different temperature and light environments. It is thought this demonstrates an ability of the lichen with two simultaneous green algae partners to proliferate in a wider range of habitats and geographic areas.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Two Trebouxia algae with different physiological performances are ever-present in lichen thalli of Ramalina farinacea. Coexistence versus Competition?, Leonardo M. Casano, Eva M. del Campo,Francisco J. García-Breijo, José Reig-Armiñana, Francisco Gasulla, Alicia del Hoyo,Alfredo Guéra1,and Eva Barreno, Environmental Microbiology (2011) 13(3),,

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