Baeomyces heteromorphus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Baeomycetales |
Family: | Baeomycetaceae |
Genus: | Baeomyces |
Species: | B. heteromorphus
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Binomial name | |
Baeomyces heteromorphus | |
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Baeomyces heteromorphus is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) lichen in the family Baeomycetaceae.[2] It has an Australasian distribution. Characteristics of the lichen include its greenish-grey thallus, the pink to brownish discs of its apothecia (fruiting bodies), translucent spores lacking internal partitions (septa), and the presence of the secondary metabolites (lichen products) norstictic acid and connorstictic acid.