Baeomyces absolutus Tuck.
B. novaezelandiae Knight, T.N.Z.I. 15: 348 (1883).
Thallus thin, varnish-like, bright emerald green when wet, dull olive or ashy when dry, saxicolous, rarely terricolous. Apothecia sessile, whitish-pink, disc dull, subpruinose, 1-3 mm wide, thinly marginate or immarginate, plane or subconvex. Ascospores oblong or fusiform-ellipsoid, uniseriate, or biseriate, simple, 7-15 × 4-5 µm. Chemistry: thallus and apothecia K+, yellow, C-, Pd-, or + yellow. Baeomycesic and squamatic acids and two unidentified compounds.
N: Northland (Whangarei) to Wellington (Tararua Ra.). S: Nelson (St Arnaud Ra.) to Southland (Resolution I., Fiordland). St: (Mt Anglem). On rocks, rarely on sandy soils, in shaded, moist habitats, often ± subalpine, s.l. to 1000 m.
Pantropical
