Ramalina glaucescens Kremp.
R. leiodea var. condensata Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 363 (1941).
Thallus erect to somewhat straggling, normally ± pulvinate, 1-3(-6) cm tall, holdfast somewhat indeterminate, comprised of fused bases of several branches, corticolous. Branches linear-laciniate, 1-3 mm wide, often appearing ± inflated- subterete when young, flat to subcanaliculate, pale yellowish or greenish or grey-yellow, glossy, smooth or minutely striate-corrugate or ribbed, or wrinkled-plicate, often longitudinally cracked or fissured near base, without laminal pseudocyphellae or soredia. Apothecia subpedicellate, marginal (1-)2-3(-4) mm diam., ± clustered towards apices of branches, geniculate, disc concave to plane, glaucous-yellowish or pinkish-yellow or glaucous-whitish, thinly white- pruinose, margin elevated, entire or subcrenulate, thalline exciple smooth or coarsely wrinkled-corrugate. Ascospores oblong, curved 11-17 × 4-6 µm. Chemistry: Sekikaic, homosekikaic (tr.) ± lecanoric acids.
N: Auckland (Te Awamutu) to Wellington. S: Nelson to Southland. Throughout, mainly lowland.
Australasian
A common species of divaricating shrubs, especially Discaria, Coprosma spp. and Hymenanthera in both coastal and inland habitats.
