Preliminary version 1 January 2015

Ramalina unifolia J.W. Thomson

Bryologist 93, 3: 341 (1990).

Synonym: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Thallus fruticosus, unifolius, laete-viridis, lobis flabelliformis, usque ad 12 cm latis, planis, in longitudinem rugulosis, superficiebus similibus, pseudocyphellatis, pseudocyphellis sparsis, medulla visibili. Apothecia multa, terminalia, laminis, et marginalia; disco pruinoso, usque ad 12 mm diametro; sporis octenis, 1-septatae, curvi, 12-18 x 5-6 µm. Acidum usnicum continens. TYPE: MINNESOTA. CLEARWATER CO.: Lake Itasca Biological Station grounds, 23 June 1981, Thomson 21360 (WIS, isotypes in DUKE, MIN, US).
Type locality: USA, Minnesota, Clearwater County, Lake Itasca Biological Station grounds, xxx m, 23 June 1981, Thomson 21360 (WIS - holotype; DUKE, MIN, US isotypes).
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.

 

Thallus: composed of a single, fan-shaped lobe, tiny when very young, as much as 12 cm broad, attached by a single holdfast to the substratum; lobe flat, dark-green, longitudinal ridges between which are sparse pseudocyphellae. Apothecia common, to 12 mm broad, pedicillate, occurring on the edges and surfaces; the disk is pruinose; the spores 8 per ascus, curved, two-celled and 12 - 18 x 5 - 6 µm (Thomson 1990: 341).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: K-, C-, P-, KC+ yellow, usnic acid in TLC (checked by Chicita F. Culberson) (Thomson 1990: 341).

Ecology: On bark of twigs and branches of deciduous trees, including Fraxinus pensylvanica var. lanceolata, Quercus macrocarpa, Ulmus americana, and less commonly on Betula papyrifera.

Molecular data: Genbank

Distribution: USA. Database

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