Blastenia
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Blastenia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was established in 1852 by the Italian botanist Abramo Massalongo, who brought together several species that had p
Microscopic characters of Blastenia crenularia
Fruiting bodies of Blastenia hungarica
Teloschistaceae
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The Teloschistaceae are a large family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, although its member
An ascus of the crustose lichen Pyrenodesmia variabilis, containing eight polarilocular ascospores
In contrast to its barely visible thallus, the apothecia of Athallia holocarpa are prominent. Like most Teloschistaceae, these apothecia are lecanorine in form: rounded with thick, pale, thalline margins.
crustose, leprose: Leproplaca chrysodeta