Genus

Niebla (Sea fog lichens)

Niebla cephalota. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Niebla is a genus of yellow-green fruticose lichens that grow on rocks, trees, and shrubs within the fog zone of coastal North America, or more narrowly defined to occur on rocks and soil along the Pacific Coast from Mendocino County in California south to Baja California Sur.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
      - Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
        Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
        Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
        Family: Ramalinaceae (Bushy lichens, sea-fog lichens, and allies)
        Genus: Niebla (Sea fog lichens)
        Species: Niebla cephalota (Powdery sea-fog lichen)

Subtaxa

Species: Niebla cephalota (Powdery sea-fog lichen)

Genus

Niebla (Sea fog lichens)

Subtaxa

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