 "Niebla marinii" was first recognized from thalli collected at Morro Santo Domingo, a peninsula 22 miles north of Guerrero Negro, (type specimen, "Spjut 9783"), collected 18 May 1986 towards a lichen flora of Baja California.It was the dominant fruticose lichen on red lava.A common associated species was "Niebla lobulata", also its type locality.