Blastodesmia

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Blastodesmia
Blastodesmia nitida.jpg
Blastodesmia nitida; the black structures are perithecia (fruiting bodies)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Pyrenulales
Family: Pyrenulaceae
Genus: Blastodesmia
A.Massal. (1852)
Species:
B. nitida
Binomial name
Blastodesmia nitida
A.Massal. (1852)
Synonyms [1]
List
  • Polyblastia nitida(A.Massal.) Trevis. (1853)
  • Verrucaria pluriseptata Nyl. (1857)
  • Verrucaria massalongoi Garov. (1865)
  • Cercidospora pluriseptata Arnold (1874)
  • Arthopyrenia pluriseptataArnold (1891)
  • Arthopyrenia epidermidis var. pluriseptata Boistel (1903)
  • Metasphaeria pluriseptata Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1905)

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]

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References

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