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Niebla Turgida
''Niebla turgida '' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks in the fog zone along the Pacific Coast of Baja California in the Northern VizcaĆno DesertSpjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, '' turgida '' is in reference to the swollen branches of the thallus. Distinguishing features ''Niebla turgida '' is distinguished by a yellow green bushy thallus to 6 cm high and 15 cm across, divided into tubular swollen branches; the primary branches, which are often round in cross section near base, are loosely connected to a yellowish pigmented holdfast, blackened slightly above base, curve upwards or spread widely and become entangled, mostly narrow in length and prismatic to partially flattened above in cross section, variously fringed along the branch margins, often long tapered to the tip. The cortex is relatively thin, 35ā50 Ī¼m thick, with prominent network of ra ... [...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] |
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (). It has an area of (3.57% of the land mass of Mexico) and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula, north of the 28th parallel, plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the east by Sonora, the U.S. state of Arizona, and the Gulf of California; on the north by the U.S. state of California; and on the south by Baja California Sur. The state has an estimated population of 3,769,020 as of 2020, significantly higher than the sparsely populated Baja California Sur to the south, and similar to San Diego County, California, to its north. Over 75% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno Bay
SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno Bay (Spanish: ''BahĆa de SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno'') is a prominent bay along the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico. It is named after explorer SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno. Geography The bay lies on the Pacific Ocean coast of Baja California state in San QuintĆn Municipality, and of Baja California Sur state in MulegĆ© Municipality. Cedros Island and Isla Natividad are located within the bay, and west of the mainland VizcaĆno Peninsula. SebastiĆ”n VizcaĆno Bay is protected within the El VizcaĆno Biosphere Reserve The El VizcaĆno Biosphere Reserve, created in 1988, is located in MulegĆ© Municipality in northern Baja California Sur, at the center of the Baja California Peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. With an area of over ), .... See also * * ---- Bays of Mexico on the Pacific Ocean Landforms of Baja California Landforms of Baja California Sur MulegĆ© Municipality Cedros Island Prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thallus
Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms were previously known as the thallophytes, a polyphyletic group of distantly related organisms. An organism or structure resembling a thallus is called thalloid, thallodal, thalliform, thalline, or thallose. A thallus usually names the entire body of a multicellular non-moving organism in which there is no organization of the tissues into organs. Even though thalli do not have organized and distinct parts (leaves, roots, and stems) as do the vascular plants, they may have analogous structures that resemble their vascular "equivalents". The analogous structures have similar function or macroscopic structure, but different microscopic structure; for example, no thallus has vascular tissue. In exceptional cases such as the Lemnoideae, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Podetiaforma
''Niebla podetiaforma'' is a fruticose lichen that grows frequently on small stones in fog regions along the Pacific Coast of Baja California from San Vicente Canyon to Morro Santo Domingo.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, ''podetiaforma'' is in reference to a primary inflated branch of the thallus that resembles a podetium, a common feature in the lichen genus ''Cladonia''. Distinguishing features ''Niebla podetiaforma'' is distinguished by the thallus divided into small tufts of yellowish-green, tubular-inflated, branches not more than 5 cm high, the branches usually less than 20 in number, erect to spreading and curved, occasionally divided into similar branches, or more often fringed along the upper side with shorter branches or lobes that bear apothecia, and by containing the lichen substance divaricatic acid, with triterpenes, and with yellow pigments concentrated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niebla Juncosa
''Niebla juncosa'' is a fruticose lichen that grows on rock, stony soil and sand along the Pacific Coast of Baja California from Punta Banda to Morro Santo Dominogo.Spjut, R. W. 1996. ''Niebla'' and ''Vermilacinia'' (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14 The epithet, ''juncosa'' is in reference to the thallus divided into rush-like branches, the stems of the flowering plant genus ''Juncus''. Distinguishing features ''Niebla juncosa'' is distinguished by the thallus divided into sublinear subterete branches with a common attachment base (or holdfast); the primary branches generally creeping or ascending to erect, occasionally dividing into equal secondary branches and developing numerous similar branchlets along the upper side of a main branch (var. ''juncosa'') or branchlets spreading in all directions (var. ''spinulifera''), the branch margins not alternating with the cortical ridges; the whole thallus to 10 cm high and 15 cm in diam ... [...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 BahĆa de San QuintĆn 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 90Ā° in their orientation at frequent but irregular intervals; the branches are 4ā8 cm long, 1ā3 mm wide. Apot ... [...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 ā 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 ( |
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 UniversitƩ 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] |
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'' ā 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 Described In 1996
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 ā 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 ( |
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