Niebla tesselata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Ramalinaceae |
Genus: | Niebla |
Species: | N. tesselata
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Binomial name | |
Niebla tesselata Spjut (1996)
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Niebla tesselata is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the foggy Pacific Coast of in the Northern Vizcaíno Desert of Baja California.[1] The epithet, tesselata, is in reference to the cobblestone pattern on the surface of the thallus branches.