Blastenia A.Massal.
Details
Blastenia A.Massal., Flora 35: 573 (1852)
Blastenia A.Massal.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Mainly Northern Hemisphere.
Nomenclature
A.Massal.
A.Massal.
1852
573
ICN
Blastenia A.Massal.
genus
Blastenia
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Blastenia A.Massal.
Thallus crustose, uniform, continuous, powdery, granular or cracked, attached to substrate by medullary hyphae or those of prothallus, homoiomerous or heteromerous, ecorticate. Photobiont green,. Apothecia rounded, lecideine, without a thalline margin, immersed or sessile, pruinose or not, K+ purple (anthraquinones). Hypothecium pale yellowish to colourless. Paraphyses distinct, septate, capitate, slightly swollen and often granular pigmented at apices, septate. Ascospores colourless, ellipsoid, ovoid or elongate, with rounded or slightly pointed ends, polaribilocular, 4-16 per ascus. Pycnidia immersed, spherical. Conidia short, cylindrical, straight, rarely curved.
Taxonomic concepts
Blastenia A.Massal.
Blastenia A.Massal.
Blastenia A.Massal.
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Metadata
c9dbfbc7-7d42-40ae-89b0-5e6c1411afb5
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 June 2015