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Taxon: Ramalina complanata (Sw.) Ach.
Family: Ramalinaceae

Collector: blake hendon      

Date: 2019-03-05

Verbatim Date: 2019/03/05 7:25 PM CST

Locality: United States, Texas, Circle C North, Austin, TX 78749, USA

30.208924  -97.886564 +-65m.

Georeference Remarks: COORDINATE_ROUNDED;GEODETIC_DATUM_ASSUMED_WGS84

Description: Original observation #20984256 (iNaturalist)

Occurrence Remarks: A continuation of the "Cataloging the life" associated with some limbs that I recently trimmed off of a Quercus virginiana located in the yarden. Using "Keys to Lichens of North America, Revised and Expanded" Irwin Brodo, Yale University Press, 2016. Fruticose key, then Ramalina key... 1) thallus bushy or a pendant tuft from a single point, <6 cm long, 2) soredia absent and apothecia common, 3) common on trees, 4) branches solid and medulla dense and compact, 5) branches not mottled with black spots and branches flat, 6) branches with depressions, ridges, and tubercles, 7) at least some apothecia on the branch surface or along margins, 8) warts or tubercles abundant. See: http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=55420

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Record Id: 7eb0b1bf-f3b9-45cb-b884-9396216fe78f

Occurrence ID (GUID): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20984256

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Ken-ichi Ueda (help@inaturalist.org)