Blastenia Explained

Blastenia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1852 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo.^[2]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 29 species of Blastenia.

• Blastenia afroalpina
• Blastenia ammiospila
• Blastenia anatolica
• Blastenia carnella
• Blastenia catalinae
• Blastenia caucasica
• Blastenia circumpolaris
• Blastenia coralliza
• Blastenia crenularia
• Blastenia endochromoides
• Blastenia ferruginea
• Blastenia festivella
• Blastenia furfuracea
• Blastenia gennargentuae
• Blastenia hungarica
• Blastenia keroblasta
• Blastenia lauri
• Blastenia macquariensis
• Blastenia monticola
• Blastenia palmae
• Blastenia psychrophila
• Blastenia pulcherrima
• Blastenia purpurea
• Blastenia relicta
• Blastenia remota
• Blastenia scabrosa
• Blastenia subathallina
• Blastenia subochracea
• Blastenia xerothermica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blastenia A.Massal . www.gbif.org . 13 April 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Index Fungorum - Names Record: Blastenia. 2021-04-15. www.indexfungorum.org.