Niebla cephalota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lecanorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Niebla
Species: Niebla cephalota

Name

Niebla cephalota (Tuck.) Rundel & Bowler

Basionym

• Ramalina ceruchis (Ach.) De Not. f. cephalota Tuck., 1882

Synonyms

• Desmazieria cephalota (Tuck.) Follmann & Huneck
• Vermilacinia cephalota (Tuck.) Spjut & Hale

References

• Rundel & Bowler, Mycotaxon 6(3): 498 (1978)

• Rundel, P.W. & Bowler, P.A. 1978. Niebla, a new generic name for the lichen genus Desmazieria (Ramalinaceae). Mycotaxon 6(3): 497–499. Cyberliber (Online) Reference page. 

• Spjut, R.W. (1996) Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida, Botanical Miscellany 14: 1–208.   (RLL List # 165 / Rec. # 17814 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration, as Vermilacinia cephalota: p. 154)

• Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Niebla (pp. 457-460) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages.   (RLL List # 184 / Rec. # 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Niebla cephalota: description p. 457; photo p. 458)

• LIAS

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#17) 16 May 2011

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Link to photo

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Niebla cephalota

Vernacular names

English: Powdery fog lichen, Northern seafog