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]
| 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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| Blastodesmia nitida A.Massal. (1852)
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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]
References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Blastodesmia nitida A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 180 (1852)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [137]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:1854/LU-8754813.
- ^ a b "Blastodesmia". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b Massalongo, Abramo Bartolomeo (1852). Ricerche sull'autonomia dei licheni crostosi [Research on the autonomy of crustose lichens] (in Latin). Verona: Dalla tipografia di A. Frizierio. p. 180.
- ^ Zahlbruckner, A. (1927). "Additamenta ad Lichenographiam Japoniae". The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo (in Latin). 41: 313–364 [313].
- ^ Aptroot, André (2012). "A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula". The Lichenologist. 44 (1): 5–53 [8, 18]. doi:10.1017/S0024282911000624.
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