A fruticose lichen species that has much-divided branches and a diffuse spreading holdfast that gives the species a bushy appearance and helps it to form swards. Granular soredia are found in excavate soralia.
Medulla and soralia: K+ red
Ramalina subfarinacea is widespread along the Scottish coast where it grows on nutrient-enriched, exposed rocks in the xeric-supralittoral zone. BLS distribution map
Ramalina subfarinacea is distinguished from Ramalina cuspidata and Ramalina siliquosa by the presence of soralia.
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