Ramalina leptocarpha

Ramalina leptocarpha, also known as the western strap lichen, is a species of cartilage lichen found in Oregon, California, and Baja California.^[2][3][4] The range of this species extends from the coast as far inland as the Sierra Nevada mountain range.^[3] R. leptocarpha often grows in epiphytic association with Ramalina menziesii.^[5] Trebouxia decolorans is its primary algal photobiont.^[5] This species was first described in 1858 by Edward Tuckerman from a collection made in Monterey, California.^[6]

Ramalina leptocarpha
Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve, San Mateo County, California, 2021
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Ramalinaceae
Genus:	Ramalina
Species:	R. leptocarpha
Binomial name
Ramalina leptocarpha Tuck., 1858