Baeomyces carneus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Baeomycetales |
Family: | Baeomycetaceae |
Genus: | Baeomyces |
Species: | B. carneus |
Binomial name | |
Baeomyces carneus Flörke (1821) | |
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Baeomyces carneus is a species of terricolous and saxicolous (ground- and rock-dwelling), squamulose lichen in the family Baeomycetaceae.[2] It was first scientifically described as a new species in 1821 by the German lichenologist Heinrich Gustav Flörke, in his work Deutsche Lichenen ("German Lichens"). It maintains its original name after two centuries of taxonomic history.[1] The lichen has a circumpolar distribution, typically in coniferous forests but extending north to tundra in North America.[3] It is widely distributed in the boreal forest region of North America,[4] and also occurs in Europe, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Hawaii.[3]
Baeomyces carneus | |
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Lichen ericetorum var. carneus |