Ralfsia fungiformis (Gunnerus) Setchell et Gardner

habit and radial section

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 168, fig. 132 (x-section, vegetative anatomy); Edelstein et al. 1968, p. 158, fig. 1 (photo: habit), figs. 2, 5 (photo: x-section, plurilocular organs), figs. 3, 4 (photo: x-section, unilocular organs), fig. 6 (photo: x-section, plurilocular organs detail); Hollenberg 1969, p. 300, fig. 29 (x-section, vegetative crust); Lüning 1990, p. 188, fig. 3.15 (photo: habit); Tanaka and Chihara 1980a, p. 198, fig. 3f (x-section, plurilocular organ); Tanaka and Chihara 1980b, p. 228, fig. 1c (photo: x-section, vegetative anatomy), p. 234, fig. 3 (x-section, vegetative anatomy)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Port Clarence, Bering Strait, Alaska (Setchell and Gardner 1903, p. 253, as R. deusta) to San Francisco Bay, Calif. (Silva 1979, p. 335); Bahía Manzanillo, Colima, México (Mateo Cid and Mendoza González 1991, p. 23)

Taxonomy:

Tanaka and Chihara 1980a, p. 198; Tanaka and Chihara 1980b; Hollenberg 1969, p.295

Molecular Taxonomy:

Tan and Druehl 1994;

Life History:

unilocular and plurilocular organs reported on the same and on separate plants, but no culture information is available (Edelstein et al. 1968)

Phenology:

plants are unilocular and plurilocular in the north and sterile in the south.

Biology/Ecology:

Dethier et al. 1991, p. 203; Lüning 1990; DeWreede and Vandermeulen 1988, p. 471; Farrell 1988, p. 194; Dethier 1987, p. 1840; Foreman 1977, p. 479; R. Lee 1965b, p. 113; R. Lee 1965a, p. 15

Chemistry:

Ackman and McLachlan 1979, p. 430