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Niebla Sorocarpia
''Niebla sorocarpia'' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the foggy Pacific Coast of California in the Channel Islands (San Miguel Island) and in Baja California in the Northern Vizcaíno Desert.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, '' sorocarpia'', is in reference to the terminal aggregate apothecia. Distinguishing features ''Niebla sorocarpia'' is characterized by a turgid hemispherical thallus divided into subtubular branches from a yellowish to yellowish orange pigmented holdfast, to 10 cm high and 12 cm across; the primary branches expanded above, palm-like and contorted from which finger to tongue-shaped lobes arise with dense aggregates of undeveloped isidia (isidium)-like apothecia or with isidia-like pycnidia, occasionally primary branches not expanded, remaining mostly linear with terminal aggregates of aborted apothecia; the whole thallus resem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fruticose Lichen
A fruticose lichen is a form of lichen fungi that is characterized by a coral-like shrubby or bushy growth structure. It is formed from a symbiotic relationship of a photobiont such as green algae or less commonly cyanobacteria and one, two or more mycobionts. Fruticose lichens are not a monophyletic and holophyletic lineage, but is a form encountered in many classes. Fruticose lichens have a complex vegetation structure, and are characterized by an ascending, bushy or pendulous appearance. As with other lichens, many fruticose lichens can endure high degrees of desiccation. They grow slowly and often occur in habitats such as on tree barks, on rock surfaces and on soils in the Arctic and mountain regions. Characteristics Fruticose lichens are lichens composed of a shrubby or bushy thallus and a holdfast. The thallus is the vegetative body of a lichen that does not have true leaves, stems, or roots. The thallus colour is affected by the algae in the lichen, compounds created by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermilacinia
''Vermilacinia'', a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae, is a yellow-green fruticose type of lichen with about 30 species that grow on rocks, trees, and soil within the fog zone along the Pacific Coast of North America and South America.Spjut, R. W. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Miscellany 14 The genus name refers to the thallus being divided into narrow worm-like (vermis) branches (lacinia);the latter part of the name (lacinia) generally applied in descriptions and taxonomic keys such as exemplified in a key to Sonoran Desert species of ''Ramalina''. The species of ''Vermilacinia'' are classified in two subgenera: subgenus ''Cylindricaria'' and subgenus ''Vermilacinia''. Subgenus ''Cylindricaria'', which includes 10+ species (type: ''Vermilacinia corrugata'' Spjut) that grow mostly on shrubs, is distinguished by a thin membranous pliable cortex (an outer skin-like layer composed of gelatinized hyphal ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural History Of The Channel Islands Of California
Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. The word ''nature'' is borrowed from the Old French ''nature'' and is derived from the Latin word ''natura'', or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth". In ancient philosophy, ''natura'' is mostly used as the Latin translation of the Greek word ''physis'' (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics of plants, animals, and other features of the world to develop of their own accord. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramalinaceae
The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Genera *''Aciculopsora'' *''Adelolecia'' *'' Arthrosporum'' *''Bacidia'' *'' Bacidina'' *'' Bacidiopsora'' *'' Badimia'' *''Bibbya'' *'' Biatora'' *''Bilimbia'' *'' Catinaria'' *'' Cenozosia'' *'' Cliostomum'' *'' Compsocladium'' *''Coppinsidea'' *'' Crocynia'' *'' Echidnocymbium'' *'' Frutidella'' *'' Heppsora'' *'' Herteliana'' *'' Japewia'' *''Jarmania'' *''Krogia'' *''Lecania'' *'' Lopezaria'' *'' Lueckingia'' *'' Myelorrhiza'' *'' Phyllopsora'' *'' Physcidia'' *''Ramalina'' *'' Ramalinopsis'' *'' Rolfidium'' *'' Schadonia'' *''Scutula'' *'' Stirtoniella'' *'' Thamnolecania'' *'' Tibellia'' *''Toninia'' *'' Toniniopsis'' *'' Triclinum'' – synonymous with ''Squamacidia'' Brako *''Vermilacinia ''Vermilacinia'', a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae, is a yellow-gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichens Of North America
Irwin M. Brodo (born 1935) is an emeritus scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is an authority on the identification and biology of lichens. Irwin Brodo was honored in 1994 with an Acharius Medal presented to him by the International Association for Lichenology. Brodo did his undergraduate studies at Columbia University, and received a master's degree from Cornell University. He earned a Ph.D. in lichenology under the supervision of Henry Imshaug at Michigan State University. He later went on to teach at Université Laval and the University of Alaska, and he also supervised master's students at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Brodo's list of publications includes 75 research papers, 8 popular articles, 22 reviews and 6 editorials and obituaries. In 1993, Brodie was awarded the Mary E. Elliot Service Award for his meritorious service to the Canadian Botanical Association. One of Irwin Brodo's great achievements was the public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichen Species
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Introduction to Lichens – An Alliance between Kingdoms . University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lichens have properties different from those of their component organisms. They come in many colors, sizes, and forms and are sometimes plant-like, but are not s. They may have tiny, leafless branches (); flat leaf-like structures ( |
Niebla Isidiaescens
''Niebla isidiaescens'' is a species of fruticose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. It was originally described in 1994 from specimens collected in Baja California. The lichen grows on rocky outcrops in open maritime scrub habitats. Taxonomy The type collection of ''Niebla isidiaescens'' was inferred to have divaricatic acidSpjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 based on the circumscription given by Bowler and collaborators. However, it is a mixed collection of approximately 20 specimens of mostly two species, ''N. isidiaescens'' and '' Vermilacinia paleoderma'', and loose branches of a third species, '' Niebla contorta'',''Niebla contorta'' image, similar to material in type collection of ''Niebla isidiaescens'', World Botanical Associates, retrieved 11 Jan 2015, http://www.worldbotanical.com/lichens/contorta-9733.jpg the identification for the latter assumes that the thalli parts contain d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Josecuervoi
''Niebla josecuervoi '' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rock, stony soil and sand along the Pacific Coast of northern Baja California from near Misión San Vicente Ferrer to Punta Santa Rosalilillita.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, ''josecuervoi'' is in honor of a field assistant, “Jose Cuervo”.Rundel P., P. A. Bowler and T. W. Mulroy. 1972. A fog-induced lichen community in northwestern Baja California, with two new species of ''Desmazieria'' The Bryologist 75: 501–508. Distinguishing features ''Niebla josecuervoi'' is distinguished by the thallus divided into linear-prismatic branches initially developing from a common attachment base (or holdfast); the outer basal branches generally creeping or ascending near the ground for some distance, central branches ascending to erect, all dividing irregularly and frequently above, bearing many short spine-like branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Homalea
''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.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet ''homalea'', given by Acharius, suggests it was in regard to the branches appearing flattened. Distinguishing features ''Niebla homalea'' is recognized by the thallus divided into narrow subcylindric, mostly linear shaped branches that have a glossy cortex frequently cracked along transverse ridges and by the branch margins alternating 90° in their orientation at frequent but irregular intervals; the branches are 4–8 cm long, 1–3 mm wide. Apot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermilacinia Rigida
''Vermilacinia rigida'' is a dark green, rare fruticose lichen that occurs in fog areas along the Pacific Coast of Baja California, known only from two locations about 100 km north of Guerrero Negro.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Miscellany 14 The epithet, ''rigida'', is in regard to its stiff thallus branches. Distinguishing features ''Vermilacinia rigida'' is classified in the subgenus ''Vermilacina'' in which it is distinguished by the thallus divided into short rigid erect branches blackened to about ¼ the way up from the base. The branches are strongly compressed, resembling short grass-like blades, 0.5 to 2 cm high and 1–4 mm wide. Lichen substances are primarily the diterpene (-)-16 α-hydroxykaurane, with trace amounts of zeorin, or zeorin lacking, and two other unknowns, one of which is referred to as the T4 compound that is found in ''V. combeoides'' and ''V. pumila''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Infundibula
''Niebla infundibula'' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the Pacific Coast in the Channel Islands of California (San Nicolas Island) and in Baja California on Guadalupe Island, and on the main peninsula in the southern region of the Northern Vizcaíno Desert on a ridge south of Punta Negra.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, '' infundibula'', is in reference to the funnel shape of the thallus branches. Distinguishing features ''Niebla infundibula'' is characterized by a large massive rigid thallus divided into sub eretebranches spreading from a holdfast, to 10 cm high and 15 cm across above the base, and further recognized by containing divaricatic acid and by the large pycnidia. that are prominent on the upper parts of branches, appearing larger than other species in the genus; however, comparative measurements were not provided for all species. The cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel Islands (California)
The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic province, and the four Southern Channel Islands are part of the Peninsular Ranges province. Five of the islands are within the Channel Islands National Park, and the waters surrounding these islands make up Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. The Nature Conservancy was instrumental in establishing the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. The islands were inhabited as early as 13,000 years ago, the earliest paleontological evidence of humans in North America. They are the easternmost islands in the Pacific Island group. The Chumash and Tongva Native Americans who lived later on the islands may be the descendants of the original inhabitants, but they were then displaced by Spaniards who used the islands for fishing and agriculture. The U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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