| Ramalina leptocarpha | |
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| Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve, San Mateo County, California, 2021 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Ramalinaceae |
| Genus: | Ramalina |
| Species: | R. leptocarpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ramalina leptocarpha Tuck., 1858 | |
Ramalina leptocarpha, also known as the western strap lichen, is a species of cartilage lichen found in Oregon, California, and Baja California. [1] [2] [3] The range of this species extends from the coast as far inland as the Sierra Nevada mountain range. [2] R. leptocarpha often grows in epiphytic association with Ramalina menziesii . [4] Trebouxia decolorans is its primary algal photobiont. [4] This species was first described in 1858 by Edward Tuckerman from a collection made in Monterey, California. [5]
