Lemmopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Lichinaceae. These lichens form extremely small, black, crust-like growths that often appear as a thin dusting of granules on limestone rock or clay soil and become noticeably gelatinous when moist. Distinguished by their partnership with cyanobacteria that enables nitrogen fixation, they produce minute cup-shaped reproductive structures with reddish-brown and are identified by their combination of gelatinous thallus, robust-rimmed apothecia, and single-celled spores.
Lemmopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Lichinaceae. These lichens form extremely small, black, crust-like growths that often appear as a thin dusting of granules on limestone rock or clay soil and become noticeably gelatinous when moist. Distinguished by their partnership with cyanobacteria that enables nitrogen fixation, they produce minute cup-shaped reproductive structures with reddish-brown and are identified by their combination of gelatinous thallus, robust-rimmed apothecia, and single-celled spores.
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