Blastenia | |
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Blastenia ferruginea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Teloschistaceae |
Genus: | Blastenia A.Massal. |
Type species | |
Blastenia ferruginea (Huds.) A.Massal. (1852) |
Blastenia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1852 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo. [2] [3]
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
As of January 2024 [update] , Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 29 species of Blastenia. [4]