Ramalina siliquosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Ramalina |
Species: | R. siliquosa
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Binomial name | |
Ramalina siliquosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Lichen siliquosus Huds. (1762) |
Ramalina siliquosa, also known as sea ivory, [2] is a tufted and branched lichen which is widely found on siliceous rocks and stone walls on coastlands round the British Isles, occasionally slightly inland. It grows well above the high-tide mark but is still very tolerant of salt spray. The branches are flattened and grey, and bear disc-like spore-producing bodies. It forms part of the diet of sheep in Shetland and on the coast of North Wales. [3] It is found in Iceland where it has a conservation status of a vulnerable species. [4]
The species was originally described as Lichen siliquosus by the botanist William Hudson in 1762. [5] It was transferred to the genus Ramalina by Annie Lorrain Smith in 1918. [6]
Ramalina siliquosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Ramalina |
Species: | R. siliquosa
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Binomial name | |
Ramalina siliquosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Lichen siliquosus Huds. (1762) |
Ramalina siliquosa, also known as sea ivory, [2] is a tufted and branched lichen which is widely found on siliceous rocks and stone walls on coastlands round the British Isles, occasionally slightly inland. It grows well above the high-tide mark but is still very tolerant of salt spray. The branches are flattened and grey, and bear disc-like spore-producing bodies. It forms part of the diet of sheep in Shetland and on the coast of North Wales. [3] It is found in Iceland where it has a conservation status of a vulnerable species. [4]
The species was originally described as Lichen siliquosus by the botanist William Hudson in 1762. [5] It was transferred to the genus Ramalina by Annie Lorrain Smith in 1918. [6]