Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ramalina montagnei
ramalina, Ramalina
The species is characterized by narrow lobes, which are ±angular and never canaliculate. Towards the base its branches become distinctly flattened, the lobe tips are pointed and not curled backwards. The apothecia are laminal along the side of the branches. The branches have a dense medulla, a smooth to finely striate surface with parallel, linear pseudocyphellae; tubercules are absent. The species reacts K- or K+ pinkish (sekikaic acid). The Galapagos material does not contain stenosporic acid.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Ramalinaceae
Genus
Ramalina
Species
montagnei
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: A Central American species reaching Galapagos as a typical corticolous element of the coastal and arid zone.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ramalina montagnei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3322. Accessed 4 November 2026.