Spjut had also collected it ("N. limicola") earlier at Guerrero Negro on 20 April 1990 (type). Additionally, his field partner, Richard Marin, while acting as a tour guide in Baja California to Scammon’s Lagoon on 15 Feb 1991, recognized it as possibly distinct from what he had recalled seeing during lichen expeditions he had accompanied Richard Spjut to Baja California (1985–1987, 1989–1990), collected a specimen (Marin & Spjut 11916) and gave it to Spjut in March 1991 as they traveled again to Baja California. This specimen was cited, along with Follmann’s specimen, in the taxonomic revision of the genus "Niebla" with Follmann included as coauthority for the species name. Although the species ("N. limicola") was independently recognized as possibly new by three individuals, and subsequently described as new in 1996, it was later included in synonymy with the earlier name "Niebla josecuervoi" in the "Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert", without a revised description for "Niebla josecuervoi", except for reference made to description of "Niebla homalea". Essentially, only two or three species in the genus "Niebla" were described. "Niebla", as defined by Spjut, has a two-layered cortex, isolated chondroid strands in the medulla, and lichen substances predominantly depsides with triterpenes differing from those in "Vermilacinia" or depsidones lacking the terpenes. The two disparate treatments of "Niebla", including "Vermilacinia", were noted in a book review. World Botanical Associates, "Niebla limicola", retrieved 28 Dec 2014, http://www.worldbotanical.com/niebla_limicola.htm#limicola