Baeomyces heteromorphus

Baeomyces heteromorphus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Baeomycetales
Family: Baeomycetaceae
Genus: Baeomyces
Species:
B. heteromorphus
Binomial name
Baeomyces heteromorphus
Nyl. ex C.Bab. & Mitt. (1859)
Synonyms
  • Tubercularia heteromorpha (Nyl. ex C.Bab. & Mitt.) Kuntze (1891)

Baeomyces heteromorphus is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) lichen in the family Baeomycetaceae. 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.

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