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Ramalina paludosa B. Moore
Warty Strap
Federal Protection: No US federal protection
State Protection: No Georgia state protection
Global Rank: G3G5
State Rank: SNR
Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: No
SWAP 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No
SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No
2025 SGCN Priority Tier: None
Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0
Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Mixed pine ? hardwood woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, swamps
Pale green thallus of fine, strap-shaped branches 1-3 cm long; branches 1-3 mm wide at base, to 0.1 mm at tips; white pseudocyphellae common on surface, along with short papillae; pale pruinose apothecia produced on short side branches; chemistry: medulla K+ wine-red (slowly), KC+ dark violet-pink, C+ pale violet-pink (cryptochlorophaeic & paludosic acids); FIELD ID: requires chemical tests best performed under lab conditions
Ramalina stenospora has longer, broader branches without papillae, & different chemistry; R. montagnei has terete branches, & different chemistry
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Mixed pine – hardwood woodlands, mesic hardwood forests, swamps; substrates: hardwood bark: 34% Quercus, 13% Acer & 34% other hardwoods or unknowns; conifer bark: 18% Taxodium
Corticolous fruticose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green chlorococcoid alga (Trebouxia?)
None
Mostly Coastal Plain & just across Fall Line in southern edge of Piedmont; disjunct in northern Piedmont
Unknown
Uncommon
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Brodo, I. M. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
Brodo, I. M. 2016. Keys to lichens of North America: revised and expanded. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
Esslinger, T. L. 2021. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. Version 24. Opuscula Philolichenum 20: 100-394.
Malcolm Hodges
June 20, 2022