Niebla homalea

Niebla homalea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Niebla
Species:
N. homalea
Binomial name
Niebla homalea
(Ach.) Rundel & Bowler (1978)
Synonyms
  • Ramalina homalea Ach. (1810)
  • Parmelia homalea (Ach.) Spreng. (1827)
  • Usnea homalea (Ach.) Tuck. (1845)
  • Desmazieria homalea (Ach.) Mont. (1852)

Niebla homalea is a species of fruticose lichen that grows on rocks in foggy areas along the Pacific Coast of North America, from Mendocino County, California south to Bahía de San Quintín on the main peninsula of Baja California, with an isolated occurrence further south on vertical rock faces above Punta Camachos, and other occurrences in the Channel Islands and on Guadalupe Island. The epithet homalea, given by Acharius, suggests it was in regard to the branches appearing flattened.