ITALIC 7.0

Ramalina cribrosa De Not.

Giorn. Bot. Ital., 2, 1, 1: 213, 1846

Synonyms: Ramalina siliquosa auct. ital.

Distribution: C - Tosc, Laz (Gigante & Petriccione 1995), Sar (Monte 1993). S - Camp, Si (Ottonello & Romano 1997, Ottonello & al. 2011).

Description: Thallus fruticose, pale yellowish green to greenish grey, matt, tufted, 5-15 cm tall, highly variable in shape (usually erect) consisting of inflated, 2-10 mm wide, simple or very sparingly branched, pointed, more or less regular laciniae originating from a common holdfast, the surface usually richly fenestrate, exposing the hollow interior. Medulla white, hollow, arachnoid near the cortex. Apothecia not observed. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: cortex K-, C-, KC+ yellowish, P-; medulla K-, C-, KC-, P+ yellow to orange-red. Chemistry: cortex with usnic acid, medulla with protocetraric acid.

Note: a Mediterranean species of coastal siliceous rocks; in Italy it is evidently rare and restricted to the Tyrrhenian region.

Growth form: Fruticose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)

Taxon bound to maritime-coastal situations

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: extremely rare

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

pH of the substrata:

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Solar irradiation:

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Aridity:

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Eutrophication:

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Poleotolerance:

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Altitudinal distribution:

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Predictive model

Index Fungorum GBIF

P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (10483)
2001/12/04
specimen corresponding to Ramalina cribrosa De Not.