Blastodesmia | |
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Blastodesmia nitida; the black structures are perithecia (fruiting bodies) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Pyrenulales |
Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
Genus: |
Blastodesmia A.Massal. (1852) |
Species: | B. nitida
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Binomial name | |
Blastodesmia nitida A.Massal. (1852)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Blastodesmia is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Pyrenulaceae. [2] It contains the single species Blastodesmia nitida, [3] a corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen found in Europe. Both the genus and the species were described in 1852 by the Italian botanist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo. [4] Historically, two other species have been included in the genus, but are currently not accepted by Species Fungorum: [3]
Characteristics of genus Blastodesmia include paraphyses in the hamathecium, transversely septate ascospores that are grey to brown in colour, and pyrenocarp-type ascomata with carbonized ascoma walls. The ascospores are mostly 37–47 μm long and have a constriction at the septa. [6]
Blastodesmia | |
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Blastodesmia nitida; the black structures are perithecia (fruiting bodies) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Pyrenulales |
Family: | Pyrenulaceae |
Genus: |
Blastodesmia A.Massal. (1852) |
Species: | B. nitida
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Binomial name | |
Blastodesmia nitida A.Massal. (1852)
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Synonyms [1] | |
List
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Blastodesmia is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Pyrenulaceae. [2] It contains the single species Blastodesmia nitida, [3] a corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen found in Europe. Both the genus and the species were described in 1852 by the Italian botanist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo. [4] Historically, two other species have been included in the genus, but are currently not accepted by Species Fungorum: [3]
Characteristics of genus Blastodesmia include paraphyses in the hamathecium, transversely septate ascospores that are grey to brown in colour, and pyrenocarp-type ascomata with carbonized ascoma walls. The ascospores are mostly 37–47 μm long and have a constriction at the septa. [6]