Preliminary version 1 August 2012
Ramalina inclinata Kashiw., K. H. Moon & M.-J. Lai
Mem. National Sci. Museum, Tokyo 44: 165 (2006).
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Taiwan, Prov. Pintung, Pintung Co., Mt. Jian Shu Shan, Henchung, on rocks, elevation about 300 m, 8.3.2004, H. Kashiwadani 46998 & K. H. Moon (TNS - holotype).
Thallus: fruticose, up to 3 cm long, decumbent, sparingly and irregularly branched, growing from a narrow holdfast. Lobes greenish yellow, solid, up to 1.2 wide, cylindrical, slightly flattened near base, main branches with tapering side branches. Soralia absent. Pseudocyphellae rare, narrowly ellipsoid, flat. Cortex of lobes indistinct, 10 - 12 µm thick; chondroid tissue smooth, continuous; medulla loose, with embedded strands of chondroid tissue. Apothecia rare, lateral; disc more or less convex, without white margin; thalloid exciple smooth lacking pseudocyphellae; ascospores short-fusiform, 12 - 15 / 3.5 - 4.5 µm. Pycnidia not known (Kashiwadani et al. 2006).
Photobiont: Green alga.
Chemistry: Usnic acid, sekikaic acid, 4'-0-demethylsekikaic acid, norstictic acid (Kashiwadani et al. 2006).
Ecology: Saxicolous.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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