Ramalina cochlearis Zahlbr.

Ramírez-Roncallo, Kevin, Gómez-Ramírez, Hugo & Negritto, María A., 2020, New records of lichenized fungi in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Check List 16 (6), pp. 1421-1431 : 1429

Ramalina cochlearis Zahlbr.

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Materials examined. COLOMBIA • Magdalena, Santa Marta, locality of Minca, Bella Vista village , Villa Kelly coffee farm; 11°05.67′N, 074°04.87′W, 1550 m a.s.l..; 28 Jun. 2017; K. Ramírez Roncallo leg.; KRR 238; CBUMAG:LIC:410; KRR 274; CBUMAG:LIC:446 • Santa Marta, locality of Minca, Bella Vista village , Villa Kelly coffee farm; 11°05.61′N, 074°04.88′W; 1510 m a.s.l.; 28 Jun. 2017; K. Ramírez Roncallo leg.; KRR 317; CBUMAG:LIC:489; KRR 320; CBUMAG:LIC:492 • Santa Marta, locality of Minca, Bella Vista village , Villa del Sol coffee farm, 11°05.9′N, 074°04.71′W, 1640 m a.s.l.; 29 Jun. 2017, K. Ramírez Roncallo leg.; KRR 327; CBUMAG:LIC:499 .

Identification. Branches flattened to weakly canalicu- late; soralia terminal, helmet-shaped ( Gumboski 2016).

Ecology and distribution. Ramalina cochlearis has been recorded in the departments of Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander and Tolima, on bark in rain forests and moors from 1250 to 3130 m a.s.l. ( García et al. 2018; Bernal et al. 2020). In SNSM, it was recorded in coffee crops in the sub-Andean forest, between 1510 and 1640 m a.s.l., on bark.